Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis: Etiology, Diagnosis, and New Treatment Strategies, provides insights to the current concepts about the evaluation, treatment and future direction of the disease. The text has an emphasis on the immunologic mechanisms that are involved in the autoimmune process and in developing treatment strategies based on these concepts. In addition to discussing current mediations for treating relapsing-remitting MS, this text focuses on recently approved medications, new indications for these medications, and those medications still in development. It also covers immunosuppressive therapy for progressive diseases as well as symptomatic therapy. Further therapies are discussed such as bone marrow transplant, combination therapies, and specific immunomodulatory treatments. The role of immunologic research is crucial in multiple sclerosis. The basic understanding of the autoimmune mechanism and its application to specific immunotherapies is explored. Immune markers, which are crucial for understanding and following the disease are also covered in detail.With the many new and current treatments studies on this disease, this book will prove to be an invaluable tool for general neurologists and primary care physicians who treat MS patients, as well as students.