LEADER 02649nam 2200505 a 450 001 9910792455603321 005 20100201095511.0 010 $a979-84-00-68837-9 010 $a1-282-49209-8 010 $a9786612492099 010 $a0-313-36565-2 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400688379 035 $a(OCoLC)659832231 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL5323 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC491950 035 $a(OCoLC)464583192 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9798400688379BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000009938 100 $a20100201e20102024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMultiple sclerosis /$fLisa I. Iezzoni 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cGreenwood,$d2010. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aBiographies of disease 300 $aDescription based on print version record. 311 $a0-313-36564-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aInternet ResourcesBibliography; Index 330 $aWritten by a professor of medicine who is also personally affected by the disease, Multiple Sclerosis offers an overview of every aspect of the condition. It begins by introducing the central nervous system and describing how multiple sclerosis affects the brain and spinal cord. The author then reviews early understanding of MS, how it was first recognized as a disease, and the discoveries that have helped explain its causes. ||Moving to contemporary understanding of multiple sclerosis, the book explores the epidemiology of MS in the United States and around the world, describes MS symptoms, a 410 0$aBiographies of disease. 606 $aMultiple sclerosis 615 0$aMultiple sclerosis. 676 $a616.834 700 $aIezzoni$b Lisa I$01519327 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792455603321 996 $aMultiple sclerosis$93856552 997 $aUNINA