McAlpine's Multiple Sclerosis, 5th Edition
Hardcover
$262.99
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- Discusses recent advances in both diagnosis and management, including improved understanding of MS in childhood and the elderly, anti-MOG disease, treatments of progressive MS, remyelination and neuroprotective therapies, and more
- Offers authoritative reviews of the current literature, placed in historical context
- Features more than 550 high-quality illustrations clarifying important scientific and clinical concepts
- Provides the most authoritative and comprehensive history of the understanding of the disease
- Uses a remarkably clear presentation to make complicated data easier to understand
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
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1. The story and iconography of MS
The story of MS
2. The course and cost of MS
The distribution of MS
The natural history of MS
3. Definition of progressive MS
The impact of MS on the individual and society
4. Health economics of MS and its treatment
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5. The clinical features and diagnosis of MS
The symptoms and signs of MS
6. The prodrome of MS
7. MS in children and the elderly
The diagnosis of MS
8. Assessment of the eye in MS
The prognosis of MS
The differential diagnosis of MS
9. Neuromyelitis opcitca and anti-MOG disease
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10. The pathogenesis of MS
The genetics of MS
The immunology of MS
The neurobiology of MS
The pathophysiology of MS
The pathology of MS
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11. The treatment of MS
Care of the person with MS
12. Models of care for the patient with MS
Treatment of symptoms of MS
Strategies for disease modification in MS
13. Monitoring the treatment of MS
Immunological therapies in MS
Reparative therapies in MS
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