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on the plaques of MS.
Inactive plaques:
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Little or no myelin
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Reduced numbers of oligodendrocytes.
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Reactive gliosis
Shadow plaques:
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Incomplete or partial myelin
loss.
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Possibly represent areas of
remyelinization.
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Edges between affected and uninvolved
white matter not very distinct.
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Abnormally thinned myelin sheaths
are seen.
Variants
of MS.
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