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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778610603321

Titolo

Multiple sclerosis [[electronic resource] ] : current status and strategies for the future / / Janet E. Joy and Richard B. Johnston, Jr., editors ; Committee on Multiple Sclerosis: Current Status and Strategies for the Future, Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001

ISBN

0-309-17130-X

0-309-51175-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (456 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JoyJanet E <1953-> (Janet Elizabeth)

JohnstonRichard B. <1935->

Disciplina

616.8/34

Soggetti

Multiple sclerosis

Neurology

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

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Clinical and Biological Features""; ""3 Characteristics and Management of Major Symptoms""; ""4 Disease Management and Measurement""; ""5 Strategies for Future Research on Disease Mechanisms""; ""6 Future Strategies for MS Therapies""; ""7 Building and Supporting the Research Enterprise""; ""8 Recommendations""; ""Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""Appendix B List of Expert Consultants""; ""Appendix C Workshop Agendas""

""Appendix D Kurtzke�s Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS)""""Appendix E Drugs Used in the Treatment of MS""; ""Appendix F U.S. Social Security Administration�s Criteria for Qualifying as Disabled from MS""; ""Appendix G Treatments That Have Been Claimed to Be of Benefit in MS1""; ""Index""