Research Catalog

Title

Handbook of multiple sclerosis / edited by Stuart D. Cook.

Publication

New York : M. Dekker, 2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

Cook, Stuart D.

Description

xiv, 687 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Neurological disease and therapy ; v. 53

Uniform Title

Neurological disease and therapy ; v. 53.

Subject

• Multiple Sclerosis

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Series Introduction / William C. Koller -- Pt. I. Etiopathogenesis. 1. The History of Multiple Sclerosis / W. I. McDonald. 2. The Epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis / William Pryse-Phillips and Fiona Costello. 3. The Genetics of Multiple Sclerosis / Jan Hillert and Thomas Masterman. 4. Experimental Models of Virus-Induced Demyelination / Mauro C. Dal Canto. 5. Evidence for a Viral Etiology of Multiple Sclerosis / Stuart D. Cook. 6. Experimental Models of Autoimmune Demyelination / Fred D. Lublin. 7. Evidence for Immunopathogenesis / Ute Traugott. 8. Autoantibodies in Demyelinating Disease / Anne H. Cross, Jeri-Anne Lyons and John L. Trotter -- Pt. II. Clinical Pathologic Features. 9. Clinical Features / Aaron E. Miller. 10. Cognitive Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis / Jill S. Fischer. 11. Loss and Restoration of Impulse Conduction in Disorders of Myelin / Stephen G. Waxman. 12. Pathology of Multiple Sclerosis / John W. Prineas.
• 13. Axonal Injury in Multiple Sclerosis / Carl Bjartmar and Bruce D. Trapp. 14. Cerebrospinal Fluid / John N. Whitaker, Khurram Bashir and Etty N. Benveniste. 15. Laboratory Tests: Evoked Potentials / Marc R. Nuwer. 16. Neuroimaging and the Use of Magnetic Resonance in Multiple Sclerosis / Lael A. Stone, Nancy Richert and Henry F. McFarland -- Pt. III. Therapeutic Considerations. 17. The Natural History of Multiple Sclerosis / Sandra Vukusic and Christian Confavreux. 18. Prognostic Factors in Multiple Sclerosis / Orhun H. Kantarci and Brian G. Weinshenker. 19. Therapeutic Considerations: Rating Scales / Richard Rudick, Brian G. Weinshenker and Gary Cutter. 20. Therapeutic Considerations: Treatment of the Acute Exacerbation / Raymond Troiano. 21. Interferon-[beta]-1b: Prophylactic Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis / Kenneth P. Johnson and Peter A. Calabresi. 22. Therapeutic Considerations: Prophylactic Therapy with Interferon-[beta]-1a / Lawrence Jacobs.
• 23. Prophylactic Therapy - Glatiramer Acetate (Copaxone) / Hillel Panitch. 24. Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis with Intravenous Immunoglobulin / Peter Rudge. 25. Immunosuppressive Drugs / Mariko Kita and Donald E. Goodkin. 26. Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis: Bone Marrow Reconstitution, Total Lymphoid Irradiation, and Plasma Exchange / George P. A. Rice. 27. Symptomatic Therapy / Randall T. Schapiro. 28. Symptomatic Treatment and Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis / Charles R. Smith and Labe Scheinberg. 29. Experimental Therapies with T-Cell Vaccines, Oral Myelin, and Monoclonal Antibodies in Multiple Sclerosis / Suprabha Bhat and Jerry S. Wolinsky. 30. Future Immunotherapies / Christine Rohowsky-Kochan.

ISBN

0824704851 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2001028406

OCLC

• ocm46463317
• SCSB-4790653

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries