Multiple sclerosis : a comprehensive text / edited by Cedric S. Raine, Henry F. McFarland, Reinhard Hohlfeld.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Raine, Cedric S., 1940-

McFarland, Henry F.

Hohlfeld, R. (Reinhard)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiple sclerosis.

Multiple Sclerosis--diagnosis.

Multiple Sclerosis--physiopathology.

Multiple Sclerosis--therapy.

Medical Subjects:

Multiple Sclerosis--diagnosis.

Multiple Sclerosis--physiopathology.

Multiple Sclerosis--therapy.

Physical Description:

xii, 474 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh ; Philadelphia : Saunders Elsevier, [2008]

Contents:

Section 1: Multiple sclerosis: history and clinical manifestations

History of multiple sclerosis / J. Kesselring

Clinical features in multiple sclerosis / H. El-Moslimany and F.D. Lublin

Unusual presentations and variants of idiopathic central nervous system demyelinating diesases / D.M. Wingerchuk, B.G. Weinshenker

Pediatric multiple sclerosis / B.L. Banwell

Diagnosis of mutiple sclerosis / C.H. Polman and B.W. van Oosten

Neuroimaging in multiple sclerosis / D.H. Miller

Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in multiple sclerosis / G. Giovannoni and E.J. Thompson

Natural history of multiple sclerosis / O. Andersen

Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis / M. Pugliatti and G. Rosati

Neurophysiological studies in multiple sclerosis / F.K. Cantor and T.J. Lehky

Section 2: Multiple sclerosis: pathophysiology and biology

The neuropathology of multiple sclerosis / S.K. Ludwin, C.S. Raine

Neurophysiology of demyelination / J.D. Kocsis and S.G. Waxman

Immunology of multiple sclerosis / M. Sospedra and R. Martin

Genetics of multiple sclerosis / J.R. Oksenberg and S.L. Hauser

Infectious agents and multiple sclerosis / J.L. Bennett ... [et al.]

Models of chronic relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis / C.S. Raine and C.P. Genain

Genetic manipulations of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in the mouse / S.P. Zehntner and T. Owens

Biology of myelin / B. Zalc, C. Lubetzki

New tools for investigating the immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis: principles and applications / M. Bradl, K. Dornmair, and R. Hohlfeld

Section 3: Multiple sclerosis: treatment and prospects

Immunomodulatory therapy: critical appraisal of trial results and marketing claims / J.H. Noseworthy

Treatment of multiple sclerosis with disease-modifying therapies / D.S. Goodin, L. Kappos

Escape therapies and management of multiple sclerosis / H. El-Moslimany, A.E. Miller

Novel and promising therapeutic strategies in multiple sclerosis / M.K. Racke and R. Gold

Moving towards remyelinating and neuroprotective therapies in multiple sclerosis / N.J. Scolding and M. Dubois-Dalcq

Symptomatic therapies for multiple sclerosis / R.T. Schapiro

Bladder and sexual dysfunction in multiple sclerosis / V. Kalsi and C.J. Fowler

Neuropsychological aspects of multiple sclerosis / H.A. Wishart, R.H.B. Benedict, S.M. Rao

Rehabilitation of multiple sclerosis / A.J. Thompson

Design and analysis of clinical trials in multiple sclerosis / H.F. McFarland

The role of data monitoring committees in multiple sclerosis clinical trials / S.C. Reingold

Outcome measures in multiple sclerosis / S.S. Cofield, G.R. Cutter.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780702028113

0702028118

OCLC:

123962947