Table 1.

MS autopsy cases and controls.

Case	Age	Sex	Cause of Death	Inflammatory Circumstannces Perimortal
Multiple Sclerosis—autopsy cases
MS-01	66	female	cancer metastases in the liver resulting in severe failure of the liver functions	no
MS-02	75	female	pneumonia	pneumonia
MS-03	68	female	pneumonia	pneumonia
MS-04	78	female	stroke	no
MS-05	49	male	pneumonia	pneumonia
MS-06	55	male	Respiratory insufficiency by pneumonia and urosepsis	pneumonia and urosepsis
MS-07	44	male	pneumonia by aspiration	pneumonia
MS-08	44	male	multiorgan failure	unkown
MS-09 + MS-10	57	female	respiratory insufficiency	(uro)sepsis
MS-11	53	male	Euthanasia	unknown
MS-12	62	female	cachexia and pulmonary insufficiency	no
MS-13 + MS-14	56	female	respiratory insufficiency by Pneumonia	pneumonia
MS-15	54	female	heart failure	unknown
MS-16	58	male	terminal renal insufficiency	pneumonia
MS-17	63	male	pneumonia	pneumonia
MS-18	48	female	respiratory failure	Unknown
Multiple Sclerosis—biopsy cases
MS-19	48	male
MS-20	46	female
MS-21	57	female
MS-22	36	female
MS-23	47	male
MS-24	43	male
MS-25	61	female
MS-26	46	female
Controls—autopsy cases
CON-01	46	female	haemorrhagic shock, sepsis	sepsis
CON-02	55	male	aortic dissection	pancreatitis
CON-03	56	female	pulmonary embolism	no
CON-04	56	male	hepatic insufficiency after liver transplantation	no
CON-05	58	female	cardiogenic shock	no
CON-06	63	male	pulmonary insufficiency in pneumonia	pneumonia
CON-07	66	female	multiorgan failure	no
CON-08	68	female	cardiorespiratory insufficiency	no