Biology of Multiple Sclerosis

Informationen zum Autor Gregory Atkins DSc is a Fellow Emeritus of the Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin. Sandra Amor PhD is a Professor and Head of MS Research, Pathology Department, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has an honorary position at Queen Mary, University of London. Jean Fletcher PhD is an Assistant Professor at the Schools of Medicine and Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin. Kingston Mills PhD is a Professor at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin. Klappentext A clear and concise up-to-date overview of the scientific research literature related to the biology of multiple sclerosis. Zusammenfassung Multiple sclerosis is the most common debilitating neurological disease in people under the age of forty living in the developed world. Much has been written about the scientific and biological aspects of MS! and The Biology of Multiple Sclerosis provides a clear and concise up-to-date overview of this research literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction: the biological basis Gregory Atkins; 2. Neuropathology of multiple sclerosis Sandra Amor and Paul van der Valk; 3. Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis Sandra Amor and David Baker; 4. Immunology of MS Jean Fletcher; 5. Animal models based on virus infection Gregory Atkins and Brian Sheahan; 6. Viruses in the etiology of MS Gregory Atkins; 7. Epilogue: conclusions and future directions Gregory Atkins, Kingston Mills, Paul van der Valk and Sandra Amor; Index.

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• Authors: Sandra Amor, Amor Sandra, Gregory Atkins, Gregory (Trinity College Atkins, Gregory Amor Atkins, Atkins Gregory, ATKINS GREGORY AMOR SANDRA FLETC, Jean Fletcher, Fletcher Jean, Kingston Mills, Mills Kingston
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2012
• EAN: 9780521196802
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19680-2
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Cambridge Medicine; Cambridge Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; neurosurgery, Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / Neurology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Clinical & internal medicine, Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences, Other branches of medicine