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1
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What are th 2 types of myelin diseases in cns

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  1. Demyleinating

2. Dysmylenating

2
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What are demeylinating diseases of cns

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Acquired diseases , due to toxins , drugs, autoimmune , viral infections 
MS 
Centeal pontine meylinolysis  
Neuromeylitis optica 
Post infectious demeylination
3
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What are dysmeylinating diseases

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İnherited diseases where myelin is not formed properly or has abnormal turnover kinetics

4
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What kind of disease MS is

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Autoimmune demylinating disease , episodes of neurologic deficits separated by time and theres white matter lesions separated by space

5
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Ms more common in males or females

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Females 2:1

6
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İn what age MS happen

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At any age espicially (20-40)

But rare at childhood and after 50

7
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What are the symptoms of MS

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Symptoms depends on where the lesion is

They may differ after each episode

8
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What are the clinical course of MS

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1 relapsing remitting
2 primary progressive
3 secondary progressive
4 progressive relapsing

9
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Natural history of ms

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  1. Limited regeneration in cns of meylin

2. Axonal damage can happen after repeated relapses (secondary)

10
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Explain the secondary axonal damage in ms

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Usually diseases of myelin dont affect axons but repeated attacks of autoimmune destruction of meylin and associated inflammatory rxn can cause axonal damage

11
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What causes the loss of tolerane of self proteins of meylin in ms

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Gentics and environment

12
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What is the genetic change in ms patients

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HLA DR2

Polymorphisms in il2 il7

13
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What can of immunity is activated in ms and what cells

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T cell mediated immunity
T helper
T killer
B cells

14
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What make us know that b cells play a role in ms

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Oligoclonal bands in electrophoresis

B cell depletion improve symptoms

15
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What is the morphology of ms

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White matter plaques well circumscribed depressed grey tan

Seen ın ventricles cerebellum spinal cord optic nerve chiasm brain stem

16
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What types of plaques in ms

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  1. Active , meylin breakdown , theres meylin debris in macrophages
  2. Quiescent , inflammation disappear , no or little meylin ,astrocytic proliferation and gliosis
17
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What kind of disease is neyromeylitis optica

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İnflammatory autoimmune demeylinating affecting optic nerve and spinal cord

18
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How to diagnose neuromeylitis optica

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Anti bodies to aquaporin 4