TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Multiple Sclerosis
A1  - Kasper, Dennis L.
A1  - Fauci, Anthony S.
A1  - Hauser, Stephen L.
A1  - Longo, Dan L.
A1  - Jameson, J. Larry
A1  - Loscalzo, Joseph
PY  - 2016
T2  - Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 19e
AB  - Characterized  by  chronic  inflammation  and  selective  destruction  of  CNS  myelin;  peripheral  nervous  system  is  spared.  Pathologically,  the  multifocal  scarred  lesions  of  multiple  sclerosis  (MS)  are  termed  plaques.  Etiology  is  autoimmune,  with  susceptibility  determined  by  genetic  and  environmental  factors.  MS  affects  >350,000  in  the  United  States  and  2.5  million  worldwide;  onset  is  often  in  early  to  middle  adulthood,  and  women  are  affected  three  times  as  often  as  men.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1128788294
ER  -