Symptom Management in Multiple Sclerosis, 3d ed. (New Publications and Films).Randall T. Schapiro, M.D. Demos Vermande, 386 Park Avenue South, Suite 201, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10016. Toll-Free Telephone: 1-800-532-8663. Softcover soft·cov·er adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. , 204 pages, $19.95 plus $4.00 for shipping and handling. Management strategies for multiple sclerosis multiple sclerosis (MS), chronic, slowly progressive autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks the protective myelin sheaths that surround the nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord (a process called demyelination), resulting in damaged areas fall into two general categories--those used to treat the underlying disease process and those used to minimize and control specific symptoms such as spasticity spasticity /spas·tic·i·ty/ (spas-tis´i-te) the state of being spastic; see spastic (2). spas·tic·i·ty n. 1. A spastic state or condition. 2. Spastic paralysis. , bowel or bladder problems, or fatique. This volume focuses on the management of specific symptoms that may develop as the result of the disease process in multiple sclerosis. It is based on the management program developed at The Fairview Multiple Sclerosis Center in Minneapolis. |
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