Table 2.

Summary of patients information.

Case	Age (years)	Sex	Clinical diagnosis	Disease duration (years)	Cause of death	DTPI (h)
MS062	49	F	SPMS	19	Respiratory infection	10
MS073	80	F	SPMS	50	Bronchopneumonia	20
MS074	64	F	SPMS	36	Gastrointestinal bleed/obstruction, aspiration pneumonia	7
MS076	49	F	SPMS	18	Chronic renal failure, heart disease	31
MS079	49	F	SPMS	23	Bronchopneumonia, MS	7
MS088	54	F	SPMS	17	Bronchopneumonia	22
MS105	73	M	SPMS	46	Pneumonia	8
MS114	52	F	SPMS	15	Pneumonia, sepsis, pulmonary embolism	12
MS125	76	F	SPMS	31	MS	13
MS128	78	F	SPMS	50	Small bowel obstruction, pneumonia	22
MS136	40	M	SPMS	9	Respiratory infection	10
MS154	34	F	SPMS	11	Pneumonia	12
MS163	45	F	SPMS	6	Urinary tract infection, MS	28

Demographic and clinical characteristics of MS cases at the time of tissue collection are reported.

DTPI, death-tissue preservation interval; SPMS, secondary progressive multiple sclerosis; MS, multiple sclerosis.