TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND OTHER DEMYELINATING DISEASES A1 - Hauser, Stephen L. A1 - Goodin, Douglas S. A2 - Hauser, Stephen L. A2 - Josephson, S. Andrew PY - 2018 T2 - Harrison's Neurology in Clinical Medicine, 4e AB - Demyelinating disorders are immune-mediated conditions characterized by preferential destruction of central nervous system (CNS) myelin. The peripheral nervous system (PNS) is spared, and most patients have no evidence of an associated systemic illness. Multiple sclerosis, the most common disease in this category, is second only to trauma as a cause of neurologic disability beginning in early to middle adulthood. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145770333 ER -