Curing MS : how science is solving the mysteries of multiple sclerosis / Howard L. Weiner.
Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c2004Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 309 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 0609609009 :Other title: Curing multiple sclerosisSubject(s): Multiple sclerosis -- Treatment | Multiple sclerosis -- Psychological aspects | Multiple sclerosis -- Personal Narratives | Neurology | ResearchDDC classification: 616.8/34 LOC classification: RC377 | .W446 2004Online resources: Table of contentsItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Spaulding Memorial Library | 616.83 WEI (Browse shelf) | Available | 19744 |
Includes index.
The monster -- The spinal fluid mystery -- Is MS two letters or three? -- The electricity is off -- Viral origins -- Plasma, placebos and clinical trials -- Jonas Salk tries to cure MS -- Chemotherapy for MS -- T cells and tolerance -- A drug for MS, finally -- Copolymer 1 -- Inflammation versus degeneration -- Twenty-one points -- Taming the monster -- Going for the cure.
Explores the medical community's past and present efforts to cure multiple sclerosis, explaining how the disease is caused, and sharing information on drug and treatment breakthroughs.
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