MCALPINES MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, 3E

The book describes in detail the genetics, neurobiology, pathophysiology, and experimental modelling of multiple sclerosis. Though written to be read as a whole, each chapter can also be read separately. The text is written in a highly readable style, andis extensively illustrated in colour.

This new classic work on Multiple Sclerosis charts the progress that has been and is being made in understanding this difficult disease. This book has its origins in the work written by Douglas McAlpine, Nigel Compston, and Charles Lumsden in 1955 but not one word survives from that edition or the previous edition of McAlpines Multiple Sclerosis published in 1992.

This edition describes in more detail than before the genetics, neurobiology, pathophysiology, and experimental modelling of multiple sclerosis. The emphasis is always on clinical, epidemiological and therapeutic aspects of the disease. Each chapter is well illustrated, including a full colour section.

new edition of the classic book on the subject

four new authors, all internationally known authorities from UK, Canada, Germany & Austria

much more on imaging and investigations than 2E

new chapter on neurobiology and glial development

much better illustrated than 2E

very well referenced

totally rewritten, except for chapters 2 & 3 on symptoms and diagnosis, which have been revised

Alastair Compston, PhD is Emeritus Professor of Neurology in the Division of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge. Compston's research focuses on the clinical science of human demyelinating disease including the discovery of genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis and the introduction of alemtuzumab. Compston was formerly Professor of Neurology at the University of Wales, president of the European Neurological Society and the Association of British Neurologists, and editor of the journal Brain. Compston's work has been recognised by prizes including the Charcot Award; the K-J Zülch Prize; the World Federation of Neurology Medal; the John Dystel Prize; the Richard and Mary Cave Award of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain; the Hughlings Jackson Medal; the Galen Medal; and the Association of British Neurologists Medal. Compston was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2016and appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours.

Hans Lassmann, MD, PhD, is Professor Emeritus for Neuroimmunology at the Medical University of Vienna and a founding director of the Center for Brain Research in Vienna, Austria.