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<p><i>Contributors vii</i></p> <p><i>Series Foreword x</i></p> <p><i>Preface xi</i></p> <p><b>chapter 1 1</b></p> <p>Etiology<br /> <i>Sonya U. Steele and Ellen M. Mowry</i></p> <p><b>chapter 2 10</b></p> <p>Immunopathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis<br /> <i>Anne H. Cross and Laura Piccio</i></p> <p><b>chapter 3 18</b></p> <p>Diagnostic Process<br /> <i>Dalia Rotstein and Paul O’Connor</i></p> <p><b>chapter 4 29</b></p> <p>MRI in Diagnosis and Disease Monitoring<br /> <i>María I. Gaitán and Daniel S. Reich</i></p> <p><b>chapter 5 45</b></p> <p>Relapsing MS: Disease Staging and Therapeutic Algorithms<br /> <i>Mohsen Khoshnam and Mark Freedman</i></p> <p><b>chapter 6 57</b><br /> <br /> Progressive MS Treatment Algorithms<br /> <i>Megan H. Hyland and Jeffrey A. Cohen</i></p> <p><b>chapter 7 67</b></p> <p>Sex-Determined Issues in Multiple Sclerosis<br /> <i>Callene Momtazee and Barbara Giesser</i></p> <p><b>chapter 8 77</b></p> <p>Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis<br /> <i>Robert Thompson Stone and Brenda Banwell</i></p> <p><b>chapter 9 91</b></p> <p>Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Risks and Benefits<br /> <i>Allen C. Bowling</i></p> <p><b>chapter 10 102</b></p> <p>Symptomatic Management of MS<br /> <i>Jessica Robb, Lawrence M. Samkoff, and Andrew D. Goodman</i></p> <p><b>chapter 11 114</b></p> <p>Invisible Symptoms of MS: Fatigue, Depression, and Cognition<br /> <i>Leigh E. Charvet, Benzi Kluzer, and Lauren B. Krupp</i></p> <p><b>chapter 12 122</b></p> <p>Rehabilitation<br /> <i>Nesanet S. Mitiku, Alexius E. G. Sandoval, and George H. Kraft</i></p> <p><b>chapter 13 134</b></p> <p>Psychosocial Adaptation to Multiple Sclerosis<br /> <i>David J. Rintell</i></p> <p><b>chapter 14 144</b></p> <p>Transverse Myelitis and Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis<br /> <i>Benjamin M. Greenberg</i></p> <p><b>chapter 15 153</b></p> <p>Neuromyelitis Optica<br /> <i>Marcelo Matiello and Brian G. Weinshenker</i></p> <p><b>chapter 16 163</b></p> <p>Neurosarcoidosis<br /> <i>Thomas F. Scott</i></p> <p><b>chapter 17 169</b></p> <p>Lyme Neuroborreliosis<br /> <i>Erica Patrick and Eric Logigian</i></p> <p><b>chapter 18 178</b></p> <p>Neuro-Behçet Syndrome<br /> <i>Aksel Siva and Sabahattin Saip</i></p> <p><i>Index 191</i></p>

<p><b>Lawrence M. Samkoff, MD</b>, Associate Professor of Neurology at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center,  Rochester, NY, USA<br /> <br /> <b>Andrew D. Goodman, MD</b>, Professor of Neurology, Chief of the Neuroimmunology Unit, and Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center , Rochester, NY, USA</p>

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