Multiple sclerosis: the history of a disease
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1. Verfasser: Murray, T. J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Demos 2005
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Multiple Sclerosis: The History of a Disease won a 2005 ForeWord Book of the Year Silver Medal! Click here to learn more about the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards. The basic facts about multiple sclerosis are well known: it is the most common neurologic disease of young adults, usually beginning with episodic attacks of neurologic symptoms, then entering a progressive phase some years later. Its onset has an average age of 30, and occurs in about 1 in 500 individuals of European ancestry living primarily in temperate climates. There appears to be a complex interaction between a genetic predis
Terminology and disease description -- The framing of multiple sclerosis -- The palsy without a name: suffering with paraplegia, 1395-1868 -- The steps toward a discovery : the early medical reports -- The building blocks of a discovery -- The contribution of J.M. Charcot, 1868 -- The medical reports after Charcot -- Clarifying the pathology : James Dawson -- The journal of a disappointed man -- Experimentation, meetings, reviews, and symposia, 1920-1960 -- Searching for a cause of MS -- Classifying and measuring MS -- The nature of the MS plaque -- Investigations -- Searching for therapy -- Multiple sclerosis and the public: societies, narratives and the media
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ISBN:1281974692
1417577282
193455927X
9781281974693
9781417577286
9781934559277

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