02742nam 2200541 a 450 991082439360332120100201095511.0979-84-00-68837-91-282-49209-897866124920990-313-36565-210.5040/9798400688379(OCoLC)659832231(MiFhGG)GVRL5323(OCoLC)464583192(UtOrBLW)BP9798400688379BC(CKB)2670000000009938(MiAaPQ)EBC491950(EXLCZ)99267000000000993820100201e20102024 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrMultiple sclerosis /Lisa I. Iezzoni1st ed.Santa Barbara, Calif. :Greenwood,2010.New York :Bloomsbury Publishing (US),2024.1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages) illustrationsBiographies of diseaseDescription based on print version record.979-82-16-12017-9 0-313-36564-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; GlossaryInternet ResourcesBibliography; IndexWritten 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, aBiographies of disease.Multiple sclerosisMultiple sclerosis.616.834Iezzoni Lisa I1601771UtOrBLWBOOK9910824393603321Multiple sclerosis3980836UNINA