02814nam 2200577Ia 450 991081757140332120240416225943.00-309-17130-X0-309-51175-5(CKB)110986584753248(EBL)3375200(SSID)ssj0000206744(PQKBManifestationID)11174517(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000206744(PQKBWorkID)10228345(PQKB)11586915(MiAaPQ)EBC3375200(Au-PeEL)EBL3375200(CaPaEBR)ebr10032392(OCoLC)923254177(EXLCZ)9911098658475324820010424d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMultiple sclerosis 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 Medicine1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academy Pressc20011 online resource (456 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-309-07285-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""Multiple sclerosisNeurologyMultiple sclerosis.Neurology.616.8/34Joy Janet E(Janet Elizabeth),1953-1622248Johnston Richard B.1935-1616165Institute of Medicine.Committee on Multiple Sclerosis: Current Status and Strategies for the Future.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817571403321Multiple sclerosis3994304UNINA