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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459634003321

Autore

Iezzoni Lisa I

Titolo

Multiple sclerosis [[electronic resource] /] / Lisa I. Iezzoni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif., : Greenwood Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-49209-8

9786612492099

0-313-36565-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

Biographies of disease

Disciplina

616.8/34

Soggetti

Multiple sclerosis

Central nervous system - Diseases

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acronyms; Chapter 1. Introducing the Central Nervous System and the Pathology of Multiple Sclerosis; Chapter 2. History of MS; Chapter 3. MS in Populations around the World; Chapter 4. Role of the Immune System in Causing MS; Chapter 5. Symptoms and Diagnosis of MS; Chapter 6. MS Treatments; Chapter 7. Disability and Rehabilitation Therapies; Chapter 8. Ambulation Aids and Wheeled Mobility Aids; Chapter 9. Accommodating Disability and Disability Civil Rights; Timeline; Glossary

Internet ResourcesBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written by a professor of medicine who is also personally affected by the disease, Multiple Sclerosis offers an overview of every aspect of the condition. It begins by introducing the central nervous system and describing how multiple sclerosis affects the brain and spinal cord. The author then reviews early understanding of MS, how it was first recognized as a disease, and the discoveries that have helped explain its causes. ||Moving to contemporary understanding of multiple sclerosis, the book explores the epidemiology of MS in the United States and around the world, describes MS symptoms, a