Multiple Sclerosis

Abstract

Introduction -- Clinical and biological features -- Characteristics and management of major symptoms -- Disease management and measurement -- Strategies for future research on disease mechanisms -- Future strategies for MS therapies -- Building and supporting the research enterprise -- Recommendations -- Committee and staff biographies -- List of expert consultants -- Workshop agendas -- Kurtzke's expanded disability status scale (EDSS) -- Drugs used in the treatment of MS -- U.S. Social Security Administration's criteria for qualifying as disabled from MS -- Treatments that have been claimed to be of benefit in MS.