Janet E. Joy and Richard B. Johnston, Jr., editors ; Committee on Multiple Sclerosis: Current Status and Strategies for the Future, Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Institute of Medicine.
Introduction -- Clinical and biological features -- Characteristics and management of major symptoms -- Disease management and measurement -- Strategies for future research on disease mechanisms -- Future strategies for MS therapies -- Building and supporting the research enterprise -- Recommendations -- Committee and staff biographies -- List of expert consultants -- Workshop agendas -- Kurtzke's expanded disability status scale (EDSS) -- Drugs used in the treatment of MS -- U.S. Social Security Administration's criteria for qualifying as disabled from MS -- Treatments that have been claimed to be of benefit in MS.
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