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Multiple sclerosis : current status of research and treatment / editors, Robert M. Herndon and Fredrick J. Seil.

Title
Multiple sclerosis : current status of research and treatment / editors, Robert M. Herndon and Fredrick J. Seil.
Publication
New York, NY : Demos Publications, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Herndon, Robert M.
  • Seil, Fredrick J.
Description
xii, 241 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
This authoritative update of the etiology, pathophysiology, clinical diagnosis and management of multiple sclerosis is essential reading for all physicians and researchers who wish to stay current on state-of-the-art advances in this field.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Dedication / Robert M. Herndon and Fredrick J. Seil -- Preface / Robert M. Herndon and Fredrick J. Seil -- 1. Role of Astrocytes in Demyelinating Diseases / Lawrence F. Eng, Fernando E. D'Amelio and Marion E. Smith -- 2. Multiple Sclerosis: on the Role of Astrocytes for Lesion Pathogenesis / Ute Traugott -- 3. Effects of Humoral Factors on Myelin in Organotypic Cultures / Fredrick J. Seil -- 4. The Macrophage as the Demyelinative Agent: a Role for Antimyelin Antibody / Marion E. Smith, Robert Sadler and Marc A. Sommer -- 5. Mechanisms of Virus-induced Demyelination and the Relationship to Multiple Sclerosis / Leslie Weiner, Richard A. Shubin and John O. Fleming -- 6. Remyelination in the Central Nervous System in Animals and Man / Robert M. Herndon -- 7. The Pathophysiology of Demyelination / Hugh Bostock -- 8. The Pathology of Multiple Sclerosis / John W. Prineas.
  • 9. Magnetic Resonance Imaging in EAE and Multiple Sclerosis / Donald W. Paty, Joel J-F Oger, Robert A. Koopmans, Ernest W. Willoughby, Wendy A. Stewart and David K. B. Li -- 10. The Changing Pattern of Misdiagnosis in Multiple Sclerosis / Robert M. Herndon -- 11. The Immunologic Basis for Immunosuppressive and Immunomodulatory Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis / Jack P. Antel and Mark S. Freedman -- 12. Status of Immunosuppressive Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis / George W. Ellison, Lawrence W. Myers, Wallace W. Tourtellotte and Robert W. Baumhefner -- 13. Cognitive and Emotional Disorders of Multiple Sclerosis / Ruth H. Whitham -- 14. Bladder, Bowel and Sexual Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis / Dennis N. Bourdette.
ISBN
0939957280 :
LCCN
91072772
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries