Sentences with phrase «microscopic lesions called»

The two main abnormalities of the disease are microscopic lesions called plaques and tangles, which occur in the brains of patients.

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An advanced MRI technique called diffusion tensor imaging has been successful at detecting microscopic lesions in diseased spinal cords in humans, and researchers will see if this technique also is capable of detecting spinal cord lesions caused by degenerative myelopathy in dogs.