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Multiple sclerosis (MS)
A chronic, usually progressive disease of the central nervous system, with the gradual patchy disorganisation of the protective myelin cells. It is almost certainly an auto-immune disorder, although viral infections sometimes seem to initiate the condition, and physical trauma is often seen to anomalously precede the first symptoms.
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