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A 32-year-old woman comes to the emergency department complaining of sudden blindness. On obtaining a thorough history, it is learned that the patient’s right leg has “given out” from time to time, causing the patient to have episodes of weakness and falling. Periventricular white matter plaques are found on MRI. Which of the following cells are primarily damaged in this disease?
(A) Astrocytes
(B) Ependymal cells
(C) Oligodendrocytes
(D) Schwann cells
(E) T cells
A 32-year-old woman comes to the emergency department complaining of sudden blindness. On obtaining a thorough history, it is learned that the patient’s right leg has “given out” from time to time, causing the patient to have episodes of weakness and falling. Periventricular white matter plaques are found on MRI. Which of the following cells are primarily damaged in this disease?
(A) Astrocytes
(B) Ependymal cells
(C) Oligodendrocytes
(D) Schwann cells
(E) T cells
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