Overview
- Provides a comprehensive overview of women’s' health issues in Multiple Sclerosis
- Interdisciplinary approach
- Written by international experts
- Uniquely covers a wide range of issues from genetics and family planning to end of life care and quality of life
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Houtchens is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School. She works as a Director of Women’s Health Program at the Partners Multiple Sclerosis Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is a member of the Health Care Advisory Committee with the National MS Society, and multinational collaborative groups on Reproductive and Child Health and MS. Dr. Houtchens is the Principle Investigator of a New England multicenter study on Pregnancy and Multiple Sclerosis. She presented and published extensively on topics of MS and Women’s Health and is considered an expert in this field of neurology.
Dr. Sadovnick is a Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics and the Faculty of Medicine, Division of Neurology, UBC. She was the Director of the Western Pacific Regional Research and Training Center for Multiple Sclerosis, established by the MS Society of Canada. Dr. Sadovnick is the Principal Investigator of several multicenter Canadian and International collaborative research projects on Multiple Sclerosis and pediatric Multiple Sclerosis. She has published extensively (over 300 articles in peer-review journals) and serves as a reviewer for a wide variety of medical journals and grant review panels. Dr. Sadovnick is a member of several National and International advisory groups and task forces for MS.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Health Issues in Women with Multiple Sclerosis
Editors: Maria K. Houtchens, A. Dessa Sadovnick
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4858-7
Publisher: Springer Vienna
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Wien 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-4856-3Published: 27 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-4887-7Published: 25 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-4858-7Published: 15 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 131
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurology, Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery, General Practice / Family Medicine, Nursing