Multiple Sclerosis: Current Status and Strategies for the Future

by Richard B. Johnston Jr. and Janet E. Joy

Book Overview

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic and often disabling disease of the nervous system, affecting about 1 million people worldwide. Even though it has been known for over a hundred years, no cause or cure has yet been discovered--but now there is hope. New therapies have been shown to slow the disease progress in some patients, and the pace of discoveries about the cellular machinery of the brain and spinal cord has accelerated.

This book presents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309072859
• ISBN13: 9780309072854
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 3.3" x 5.7" x 8.8"