MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: PERSPECTIVES IN TREATMENT AND PATHOGENESIS
ISBN: 978-0-9944381-3-3

 

Ian S. Zagon, PhD (ed)
Department of Neural & Behavioral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Hershey, Pennsylvania

Patricia J. McLaughlin, MS, DEd (ed)
Department of Neural & Behavioral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Hershey, Pennsylvania

 

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurological disorder with devastating, long-term complications. MS is incurable, and most therapies treat only the symptoms leaving the patient with a reduced quality of life for extended periods of time. Most available therapeutic strategies target symptomatology, and not the pathophysiology of the disease. This book focuses on different biological pathways associated with MS and contains current information on the prevalence of multiple sclerosis, novel treatments that target pathophysiology, and new approaches for management of the disorder, as well as general knowledge about the disease process.

Published: 2017-11-08

Foreword

Anthony P. Turel

Pages vii-viii

Preface

Ian S. Zagon, Patricia J. McLaughlin

Pages ix-xi

Contributors

Pages.....xiii-xv

The Genetics of Multiple Sclerosis

Alessandro Didonna, Jorge R. Oksenberg

Pages 3-16

Multiple Sclerosis Therapies in Pediatric Patients: Challenges and Opportunities

Jasna Jančić, Blažo Nikolić, Nikola Ivančević, Boris Henčić, Janko Samardžić

Pages 39-52

Stem Cell Therapy: A Promising Therapeutic Approach for Multiple Sclerosis

Fereshteh Pourabdolhossein, Hatef Ghasemi Hamidabadi, Maryam Nazm Bojnordi, Sina Mojaver Rostam

Pages 85-108

Immunomonitoring Lymphocyte Subpopulations in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Aina Teniente-Serra, Cristina Ramo-Tello, Eva M Martinez-Caceres

Pages 139-154

Index

Pages 185-187