Muscular atrophy
Muscular atrophy

Multiple sclerosis - resources

Alternative Names:
Resources - multiple sclerosis

Information:

The following are good resources on multiple sclerosis:

National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS)
733 Third Avenue
Sixth Floor
New York, NY 10017
(800) 344-4867 (800-Fight MS)
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/www.nationalmssociety.org

International MS Support Foundation
9420 E. Golf Links Rd. #291
Tucson, AZ 85720-1340
http://www.imssf.org/www.imssf.org

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Brain Resources and Information Network (BRAIN)
P.O. Box 5801
Bethesda, MD 20824
(800) 352-9424
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/www.ninds.nih.gov

People Helping People, Inc.
9250 Columbia Ave., Suite D2
Munster, IN 46321
(219) 836-2733
http://www.msphp.org/www.msphp.org

Additional resources can be found through local libraries, your health care provider, and the yellow pages under "social service organizations."


Review Date: 11/1/2002
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