Multiple sclerosis
Subtitle: immunology, pathology, and pathophysiology
By: editor, Robert M. Herndon.
Contributors: Herndon, Robert M.
Publisher: Demos
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Multiple sclerosis.; Multiple Sclerosis -- immunology.; Multiple Sclerosis -- pathology.; Multiple Sclerosis -- physiopathology.
Other titles: Multiple sclerosis.
Notes: Companion v. to: Multiple sclerosis: diagnosis, medical management, and rehabilitation / edited by Jack S. Burks and Kenneth P. Johnson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Developments in multiple sclerosis research / Robert M. Herndon; title: Morphology of oligodendrocytes and myelin / Robert Skoff; title: Astroctes: morphology and function / Robert M. Herndon; title: Molecular structure of the myelin membrane / Joyce A. Benjamins; title: The nature of immunologic privilege in the central nervous system / Zsuzsa Fabry, Matyas Sandor, Diane Sewell, and Emily Reinke; title: Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis / LaChelle R. Arredondo, Amy Lovett-Racke, and Michael K. Racke; title: Tissue culture studies of demyelination and remyelination / Frederick J. Seil; title: Infectious agents and demyelination / John Rose; title: Viral demyelinating diseases in experimental animals / Jane E. Libbey and Robert S. Fujinami; title: Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and its association with multiple sclerosis / Harold Moses Jr. and Sabramaniam Sriram; title: The role of cytokines in multiple sclerosis and experimental allergic encephalomyelitis / Tanuja Chitnis and Samia J. Khoury; title: Chemokines and their receptors in multiple sclerosis / Richard M. Ransohoff and William J. Karpus; title: Interferons in multiple sclerosis / Suhayl Dhib-Jalbut; title: The pathology of multiple sclerosis as revealed by in vivo magnetic resonance-based approaches / Jack H. Simon; title: Mechanisms of repair, adaptation, and recovery of function in multiple sclerosis / Robert M. Herndon.