Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis, Medical Management, and Rehabilitation
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Symptomatic management and rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis.
Although agents that have a partial benefit on relapses in multiple sclerosis (MS) are available, there is little to suggest that we are able to influence disease progression in any meaningful way—thus the need to manage the accumulating impairments and disability that accompany progression actively. Attempting to evaluate and treat the wide range of fluctuating and interacting symptoms associa...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of MS Care
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1537-2073
DOI: 10.7224/1537-2073-2.3.58