Many of us are familiar with the basic facts ofmultiple sclerosis. We understand that it is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system, brain and spinal cord and in some cases leads to paralysis. But beyond that, MS is a complex disease that millions of people are living ...
The current view of most workers in the field of multiple sclerosis (MS) research is that the disease is a) autoimmune in nature and b) causally related to a defect in immunoregula- tion. The latter belief has, in many laboratories, stimulated a search for abnormalities in various arms of...
Multiple sclerosis : the facts you need Share information with your friend! O'Connor,Paul 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Critical role of mast cells in inflammatory diseases and the effect of acute stress These facts can help us better understand a variety of sterile inflammatory conditions, such as mul...
Multiple sclerosis Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis 1. Introduction The rodent model for multiple sclerosis (MS), experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), has been extensively utilized to unravel the mechanisms of autoimmune inflammation. Immunization against myelin antigens will not exactly mimi...
What Causes Mulitple Sclerosis? The central nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord. They process information from our environment and control voluntary muscle movements to allow the body to do certain things. When you touch something hot, for example, signals are sent from sensor...
MBP is a major protein component of the myelin sheath, a protective membrane that wraps around the axon of nerve cells and acts as a model protein in studying diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS).What is Multiple Sclerosis?About: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that...
–taking care of family, friends, and strangers –giving back to the communities I live in Invisible Invisible (adjective) not perceptible or discernible by the mind Multiple sclerosis, for many, falls into the category of an invisible disease. Meaning that you can’t see the symptoms that som...
Rapid advances in multiple sclerosis (MS) research have produced diagnostic achievements and new treatments that are helping clinicians diagnose and potentially treat MS in the earliest phases of the disease. It is with this sense of optimism that the authors of have detailed the latest developments...
Causes of Death and Prior MS Treatments eTable 4. Late Adverse Events 1. National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Multiple sclerosis: just the facts: page 2. https://www.nationalmssociety.org/NationalMSSociety/media/MSNationalFiles/Brochures/Brochure-Just-the-Facts.pdf. Published November 2016. Access...
“facts only” books seemed to be available. This drove me to write my new book,The Hero of the Story: Reclaiming Your Life After a Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis.This is a self-help book with a memoir twist, includes journal prompts for readers, and is based directly on my own life ...