Multiple sclerosis : current status and strategies for the future - Joy, Janet E. (Janet Elizabeth), 1953-; Johnston, Richard B., 1935-; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Multiple Sclerosis: Current Status and Strategies for the Future (Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2001)
Introduction -- Clinical and biological features -- Characteristics and management of major symptoms -- Disease management and measurement -- Strategies for future research on disease mechanisms -- Future strategies for MS therapies -- Building and supporting the research enterprise -- Recommendations -- Committee and staff biographies -- List of expert consultants -- Workshop agendas -- Kurtzke's expanded disability status scale (EDSS) -- Drugs used in the treatment of MS -- U.S. Social Security Administration's criteria for qualifying as disabled from MS -- Treatments that have been claimed to be of benefit in MS.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Multiple sclerosis; Research; Multiple Sclerosis -- therapy; Multiple Sclerosis; Multiple Sclerosis -- physiopathology; Research; Sclérose en plaques; Recherche; research (function); HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Alzheimer's & Dementia; MEDICAL -- Neurology; Research; Multiple sclerosis; Multiple sclerose