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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroimage. 2006 Dec 16;35(2):467–477. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.12.010

Table 1.

Overview of patients and lesion characteristics in post mortem brain slices of 16 patients with multiple sclerosis (38 white matter lesions, WMLs)

Course n patients n white matter lesions
T2w T1w [percent of T2w] dWMLs rWMLs Partially rWMLs EA CA CI
SP 10 24 12 [50] 16 3 5 0 5 19
PP  2  4  3 [75]  3 0 1 2 0  2
Unclear  4 10  7 [70]  9 0 1 0 4  6

SP=secondary progressive MS; PP=primary progressive MS; T2w=T2 weighted; T1w=T1 weighted; dWMLs=demyelinated WMLs; rWMLs=remyelinated WMLs; EA=early active; CA=chronic active; CI=chronic inactive.