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Clinical course, pathological correlations, and outcome of biopsy proved inflammatory demyelinating disease
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- Published on: 13 April 2016
- Published on: 13 April 2016Demyelination: morphological manifestation of sustained reductive/oxidative stress?Show More
Dear Editor,
The myelin secreted by oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells contains proteins, lipids and water. The commonest lipid is cholesterol followed by phospholipids, glycosphinglipids and finally a variety of others in far lesser amounts.[1] Furthermore lipid lowering drugs[2,3] and rapid glycaemic control[4] are associated with the development of peripheral neuropathies. This raises the possibility that myeli...
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