Table 1.

Summary of MS patient details. Abbreviations: MS = multiple sclerosis; PMD = post‐mortem delay; NR = not relevant.

Age	Gender	Type of MS lesion	Disease duration (years)	PMD (hours)	Cause of death
78	female	control	NR	6:30	decompensatio cordis
82	male	control	NR	12:00	heart failure
81	male	control	NR	6:40	euthanasia
52	female	control	NR	6:00	leiomyosarcoom
88	female	control	NR	6:15	aging
52	female	active	13	8:25	respiratory insufficience/pneumonia
53	female	active	27	8:30	euthanasia
70	male	active	unknown	6:25	unknown
69	female	active	26	13:20	viral infection
76	female	active	53	14:15	respiratory insufficience/pneumonia
65	male	chronic active	21	6:38	urosepsis
57	female	chronic active	19	5:45	sepsis
72	female	chronic active	13	12:00	pneumonia
77	male	chronic active	26	4:15	cerebrovascular accident
66	female	chronic active	43	6:20	liver failure caused by metastases
72	male	inactive	44	8:30	unknown
64	female	inactive	25	7:45	dehydration and pneumonia
80	female	inactive	59	9:35	acute leukemia
75	female	inactive	42	8:00	pneumonia