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F.A. Davis Company Multiple Sclerosis Fact Book 2Nd Edition 1995 by Richard Lechtenberg, Robert Reinhardt
Written in clear, concise lay language, this text addresses the basic questions of what multiple sclerosis is, why it occurs, how it progresses, how to live with it and what the state of research into a cure is. It is intended to be of interest to the lay reader as well as neurology students and professionals. This second edition considers the introduction of Betaseron as the first drug approved by the FDA for treatment and assesses the results of new clinical trials with other interferons, Cop-1 and oral myelin for treatment. It also discusses new concepts regarding the mechanism of the disease and outlines recent findings in epidemiology and genetics.