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Multiple sclerosis and demyelinating diseases /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Freedman, M. (Mark)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2006]
Series:Advances in neurology ; v. 98.
Subjects:
Multiple sclerosis.
Demyelination.
Multiple Sclerosis.
Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS.
Table of Contents:
  • The natural history of multiple sclerosis
  • The genetics and genetic epidemiology of multiple sclerosis : the "hard facts"
  • The pathology of multiple sclerosis : evidence for heterogeneity
  • Immunobiology of oligodendrocytes in multiple sclerosis
  • The myelin basic protein gene : a prototype for combinatorial mammalian transcriptional regulation
  • Animal models for multiple sclerosis
  • Human immune studies in multiple sclerosis
  • Making the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
  • The role of MRI in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
  • Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
  • Multiple sclerosis mimics
  • The use of modern magnetic resonance techniques to monitor disease evoluation in multiple sclerosis
  • The role of MRS and fMRI in multiple sclerosis
  • The use of MRI as an outcome measure in clinical trials
  • Symptom management
  • Use of interferon-beta in the treatment of multiple sclerosis
  • The use of glatiramer acetate in the treatment of multiple sclerosis
  • Mitoxantrone in multiple sclerosis
  • Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis : distinction from multiple sclerosis and treatment issues
  • Neuromyelitis optica
  • Other demyelinating diseases