This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal

edited by Randall T. Schapiro, MD, 204 pp, with illus, $19.95, ISBN 1888799226, New York, NY, Demos Medical Publishing Inc, 1998.

Arch Neurol. 1999;56:1297-1298.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.

The focus of this book is to provide patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their families, friends, and health care professionals with guidance for the care of patients with MS. The book is divided into 3 sections.

Part I, "What Is Multiple Sclerosis?" includes 3 chapters. Chapter 1, "Multiple Sclerosis Is . . . ," describes the disease in layman's terms. It is well written, clear, and concise. Topics include the anatomy of the disease, myelin, demyelination, MS characteristics and classification of disease, the immune system, and possible causes of MS. Chapter 2, "The Management of MS," describes how to choose a physician, the importance of working with an MS specialist, and the role of alternative medicine in the treatment of MS. Chapter 3, "Management of the Disease Process," briefly describes the role of the new immunomodulating therapies (Avonex [interferon beta-1a], Betaseron [interferon beta-1b], and Copaxone [glatiramer acetate]) that are . . . [Full Text of this Article]