This disorder, considered an autoimmune disease, is characterized by a progressive hardening and scarring of myelinated neurons in the brain and spinal cord, which results in the disruption and delay of impulses. Alzheimer's disease Parkinson's disease multiple sclerosis Huntington's disease
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