Table 1.
Human cases examined
 Case |
Age | Gender | PMI (hrs) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Cases | Diagnosis (cause of death) | |||
| B6653 | 32 | M | 24 | not certain if PPMS or SPMS based on information in post-mortem report (hypostatic pneumonia) |
| B6187 | 67 | F | 48 | SPMS (inactive) (bronchopneumonia) |
| B561 | 51 | F | 35 | RRMS (active) (pulmonary embolism) |
| B133 | 39 | M | 70 | SPMS (active) (pneumonia) |
| B5781 | 37 | F | 48 | RRMS (active) (pulmonary embolism) |
| B1413 | 25 | F | 104 | RRMS (active) (respiratory arrest) |
| B9860 | 53 | F | 24 | RRMS (active) (cardiac failure) |
| Controls | ||||
| 137/05 | 16 | M | 72 | Normal brain (unknown cause of death but some evidence of oedema) |
| 1149/00 | 69 | F | 96 | Normal brain (lung carcinoma) |
| 1144/94 | 7 | M | 72 | Normal brain (unknown cause of death but clinical evidence of epilepsy) |
| 1134/91 | 21 | F | 24 | Normal brain (acute cardiac failure) |
| 1105/98 | 13 | M | 72 | Normal brain (unknown cause of death) |
| C1754 | 45 | M | 48 | No specific pathology. (unknown cause of death) |
| C3279 | 50 | M | 48 | None of the features of Alzheimer’s disease or any other specific pathology. (septicaemia) |
| RI1125/99 | 27 | F | 24 | Normal brain. (unknown cause of death) |