Summary: | This new and extensively revised edition is the standard guide to all therapies currently in use for the symptomatic management of MS and in attempts to halt the progress of the disease. It is an ideal guide for patients who wish information concerning therapies suggested by their physicians or about which they read, as well as a classic reference for all physicians who treat MS. Beginning with an introduction useful to physicians, other health care professionals and patients, the bulk of the book contains summary information for each therapy, including: a description of the therapy; the rationale underlying its use in MS; an evaluation of current usage; a risk-cost analysis; conclusions concerning therapeutic usefulness; an opinion statement from the editorial committee. The book is sponsored by the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies and the US National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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