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Multiple sclerosis
Executive Editor, InnovAiT
E-mail: chantal.simon{at}oxfordjournals.org
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Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disabling neurological disease due to an autoimmune process of unknown cause. It is characterized by the formation of patches of demyelination (plaques) throughout the brain and spinal cord. There is no peripheral nerve involvement.