title: Demyelinative and degenerative diseases of the nervous system.
abstract: The greatest challenge to the wisdom and skill of physicians is presented by diseases for which no cure is known. The authors of this symposium, in explaining the characteristic clinical pictures of parkinsonism, the muscular dystrophies, multiple sclerosis, and dementia, have delineated the foundation of understanding of these conditions. With this knowledge practitioners can apply the authoritative measures available and at the same time give patients appropriate psychologic support.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology Jerry Lewis Neuromuscular Disease Research Center Baylor College of Medicine Houston.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Appel
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ryan