Multiple sclerosis is
A) an autoimmune disease in which cytotoxic T cells attack the myelin sheath of neurons.
B) a type of allergy to myelin.
C) a genetic birth defect of the nervous system.
D) the development of neurological disease due to the deposition of immune complexes in nerves.
E) the formation of antibodies against transplanted tissue.

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Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease where the immune system, particularly cytotoxic T cells, mistakenly attacks the myelin sheath that insulates nerve fibers in the central nervous system.

Multiple Sclerosis Is