Pt. I. Etiopathogenesis. Etiopathogenesis and epidemiology: clues to etiology / William Pryse-Phillips and Scott Sloka -- Genetics: susceptibility and expressivity / Thomas Masterman and Jan Hillert -- Evidence for an infectious etiology of multiple sclerosis / Stuart D. Cook -- Multiple sclerosis: an outoimmune disease of the central nervous system? / John R. Rinker II, Robert T. Naismith, and Anne H. Cross -- Pt. II. Clinical-pathologic characteristics. Pathology: what may it tell us? / Claudia F. Lucchinetti and Joseph E. Parisi -- Clinical features / Aaron E. Miller -- MRI techniques in multiple sclerosis: role in diagnosis, pathophysiology, and therapy / Massimo Filippi ... [et al.] -- Multiple sclerosis biomarkers / P.K. Coyle -- Evoked potentials / Marc R. Nuwer --
Pt. III. Therapies - current and future. Managing the symptoms of multiple sclerosis / Randall T. Schapiro -- Rehabilitation: its role in multiple sclerosis / George H. Kraft and Anjali N. Shah -- Acute treatments / Brian G. Weinshenker and Nima Mowzoon -- Treatment of the clinically isolated syndromes / Giancarlo Comi -- The use of interferon beta in the treatment of multiple sclerosis / Douglas S. Goodin -- Glatiramer acetate (Copaxone) / Yang Mao-Draayer and Hillel S. Panitch -- Mitoxantrone / Oliver Neuhaus, Bernd C. Kieseier, and Hans-Peter Hartung -- Monoclonal antibodies, T-cell receptors,a nd T-cell vaccines / Flavia Nelson and Jerry S. Wolinsky -- Immune terapy for multiple sclerosis: altered peptide ligands and statins / Fu-Dong Shi, Denise I. Campagnolo, and Timothy L. vollmer -- Immunosuppression / Harold Atkins and Mark Freedman -- Combination therapy in multiple sclerosis / Mark J. Tullman and Fred D. Lublin -- Regeneration strategies for multiple sclerosis / Arthur E. Warrington and Moses Rodriguez -- Axonal injury in multiple sclerosis / Gerson A. Criste and Bruce D. Trapp.