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

• Autore: Iezzoni Lisa I
• Pubblicazione: Santa Barbara, Calif., : Greenwood Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8/34
• Soggetto topico: Multiple sclerosis; Central nervous system - Diseases
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Multiple sclerosis
• ISBN: 1-282-49209-8; 9786612492099; 0-313-36565-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459634003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Biographies of disease.