Full Description
Understanding Multiple Sclerosis, Second Edition is a patient-friendly chart that helps to explain multiple sclerosis (MS) with sections that define MS and describe its causes, types, symptoms, diagnosis process, and management.
Featured sections:
What is multiple sclerosis (MS)
What causes MS
Types of MS: Relapsing-Remitting (RR-MS), Primary-Progressive (PP-MS), and Secondary-Progressive (SP-MS)
Symptoms of MS table: early and late
How is MS diagnosed: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), evoked potential tests, and lumbar puncture (spinal tap)
Management of MS
Images included:
The spinal cord and spinal nerves within the body
Enlarged view of a nerve fiber
Normal nerve cell and nerve cell affected by MS
Comparison of a normal myelin sheath to one damaged from MS
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
20" x 26" heavy weight paper laminated with grommets at top corners ISBN 9781496394989
