Table 1.

Basic characteristics of MS patients and healthy donors (HD)

No.	Initials	Sex	Age, yr	Duration of disease, yr*	EDSS*†	HLA-DR type
MS 1	SSt	F	35	9	4.0	2, 5
MS 2	HK	M	34	8	1.0	3, 12
MS 3	AZ	M	28	1	1.0	2, 7
MS 4	HM	F	25	2	1.0	2
MS 5	SW	F	40	11	3.5	2, 8
MS 6	CS	F	42	4	1.0	4, 8
MS 7	GJ	F	30	1	1.0	4, 6
MS 8	WHa	F	43	1	2.5	2, 11
MS 9	HC	F	32	2	2.5	11, 12
MS 10	SZ	F	34	4	2.5	2, 7
MS 11	LN	F	36	1	2.5	1, 2
MS 12	BG	F	33	4	1.5	4, 7
MS 13	UB	F	39	10	6.0	4, 7
MS 14	US	F	35	2	1.0	7, 10
MS 15	SH	F	31	3	1.0	3
MS 16	BS	M	21	1	1.5	13, 14
MS 17	KR	F	39	4	1.5	1, 7
MS 18	RD	M	40	17	2.5	2
MS 19	RM	F	34	7	1.5	7, 13
MS 20	IB	F	48	20	4.0	7, 11
MS 21	MB	F	34	1	1.0	2, 7
MS 22	MC	F	30	3	5.0	3, 7
MS 23	BK	F	43	5	1.0	2, 4
MS 24	RR	M	28	2	4.0	2, 11
MS 25	RO	F	33	2	3.5	7, 13
MS 26	AF	F	18	2	1.0	10, 12
HD 1	WH	M	30	—	—	2, 11
HD 2	CH	M	31	—	—	11, 13
HD 3	CB	F	29	—	—	4, 11
HD 4	VV	F	34	—	—	4, 15

^*At the time of first sampling. 

^†EDSS, expanded disability status scale (31).