Multiple Sclerosis. Diagnosis and Therapy

Description

Designed for both neurologists and non-neurologists, Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis and Therapy takes a practical approach to the most current principles of diagnosis and management of this complex disease. Editors and authors from Harvard Medical School have contributed up-to-date therapeutic information for the various stages and types of MS and also provide the necessary background regarding the pathogenesis of the disease.

Table of Contents

• Foreword.
• Preface.
• Acknowledgements.

PART I Pathology and Diagnosis.

1. Disease Pathogenesis (Roopali Gandhi and Howard Weiner).
2. Biomarkers (Manuel Comabella and Samia J. Khoury).
3. Epidemiology and Genetics. Philip L. De Jager).
4. Diagnosis. (James M. Stankiewicz, Varun Chaubal, Guy J. Buckle).
5. Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis and Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis. (Tanuja Chitnis).
6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis (Mohit Neema, Antonia Ceccarelli, Jonathan S. Jackson, Rohit Bakshi).
7. Predicting Clinical Course. (Brian Healy and Maria Liguori).

Part II Management.

8. Medication Treatment in Multiple Sclerosis (James M. Stankiewicz and Samia J. Khoury).
9. Symptom Management (Lynn Stazzone and Brandon Brown).
10. Cognitive Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis (Bonnie Glanz and Maria Houtchens).
11. Depression and other Psychosocial Issues in Multiple Sclerosis (David J. Rintell).
12. Future Therapeutic Approaches (Howard Weiner).

Index.

Author

Howard L. Weiner, MD, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Partners MS Center, Boston, MA, USA

James M. Stankiewicz, MD, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Partners MS Center, Boston, MA, USA