User:The-GOAT-of-GOATs/Multiple sclerosis/Bibliography

You will be compiling your bibliography and creating an outline of the changes you will make in this sandbox.

Bibliography

As you gather the sources for your Wikipedia contribution, think about the following:

Is the source from a reliable publication?
- Reliable publications include established newspapers, academic journals and books, textbooks, and other published sources with reputations for accuracy and fact-checking.
- Unreliable sources include blog posts and other self-published works, press releases, and social media posts.
Is the source verifiable?
- In order for a source to be considered verifiable, other editors should be able to consult the source.
Is the source independent of the subject?
- Is the source connected in any way to the subject? This is especially important when writing biographies or about organizations.
- For example, if you were writing a biography, sources like the person's webpage or personal blog would not be considered independent.
Is the source primary or secondary?
- Primary sources include first-hand accounts, autobiographies, and other original content.
- Wikipedia allows limited use of primary sources, but typically only for straightforward, descriptive statements of facts, and only if they are published and verifiable without requiring specialized knowledge.
- Secondary sources should be the main basis for a biography on Wikipedia.
If you're working on a topic related to medicine or psychology, ensure that your sources follow these special guidelines.
If you're creating a new article, consider the following:
- Ensure that your topic meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines.
- In order for a topic to meet the notability requirement, you must be able to identify 2-3 sources that are reliable, verifiable, and independent of the subject you're writing about.
- Finding sufficient sources to establish notability can be especially hard when writing about people or organizations.
- Sources that are not independent of the subject might be useful additions, but don't count towards the notability requirement.
- Wikipedia has developed special guidelines for writing about living persons. Please follow these carefully.
- Wikipedia has a series of guidelines for writing about different categories of people, such as academics and artists. If you're trying to create a new entry about a living person, please look at these carefully.

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Bibliography

Edit this section to compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment. Add the name and/or notes about what each source covers, then use the "Cite" button to generate the citation for that source.

Gholamzad, M., Ebtekar, M., Ardestani, M.S. et al. A comprehensive review on the treatment approaches of multiple sclerosis: currently and in the future. Inflamm. Res. 68, 25–38 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00011-018-1185-0
- Recent comprehensive review of treatment of MS
McGinley, M. P., Goldschmidt, C. H., & Rae-Grant, A. D. (2021). Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis: A Review. JAMA, 325(8), 765–779. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.26858
- Great review of diagnosis & treatment of MS published in 2021 so should help with outdated citations
Ward, M., & Goldman, M. D. (2022). Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Multiple Sclerosis. Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.), 28(4), 988–1005. https://doi.org/10.1212/CON.0000000000001136
- Great review of pathogenesis/public health aspects of MS published in 2022
Loma, I., & Heyman, R. (2011). Multiple sclerosis: pathogenesis and treatment. Current neuropharmacology, 9(3), 409–416. https://doi.org/10.2174/157015911796557911
Ghasemi, N., Razavi, S., & Nikzad, E. (2017). Multiple Sclerosis: Pathogenesis, Symptoms, Diagnoses and Cell-Based Therapy. Cell journal, 19(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.22074/cellj.2016.4867
Thompson, Alan J; Banwell, Brenda L; Barkhof, Frederik; Carroll, William M; Coetzee, Timothy; Comi, Giancarlo; Correale, Jorge; Fazekas, Franz; Filippi, Massimo; Freedman, Mark S; Fujihara, Kazuo; Galetta, Steven L; Hartung, Hans Peter; Kappos, Ludwig; Lublin, Fred D (2018-02). "Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria". The Lancet Neurology. 17 (2): 162–173. doi:10.1016/s1474-4422(17)30470-2
Okuda, D. T., Mowry, E. M., Beheshtian, A., Waubant, E., Baranzini, S. E., Goodin, D. S., Hauser, S. L., & Pelletier, D. (2009). Incidental MRI anomalies suggestive of multiple sclerosis: the radiologically isolated syndrome. Neurology, 72(9), 800–805. https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000335764.14513.1a
Lebrun-Frenay, Christine; Kantarci, Orhun; Siva, Aksel; Azevedo, Christina J; Makhani, Naila; Pelletier, Daniel; Okuda, Darin T (2023-11). "Radiologically isolated syndrome". The Lancet Neurology. 22 (11): 1075–1086. doi:10.1016/s1474-4422(23)00281-8
Zainal Abidin, N., Tuan Jaffar, T. N., & Ahmad Tajudin, L. S. (2023). Wall-Eyed Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia as an Early Presentation of Multiple Sclerosis. Cureus, 15(3), e36835. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36835

Examples:

Luke, Learie. 2007. Identity and secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 1889–1980 Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press.
- This is a book published by a university press, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (2013-11-08). "Sabinaria , a new genus of palms (Cryosophileae, Coryphoideae, Arecaceae) from the Colombia-Panama border". Phytotaxa.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source. It covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source for a specific fact. Since it only dedicates a few sentences to the topic, it can't be used to establish notability.

References

Outline of proposed changes

Workplan

Throughout article, update citations with more up-to-date references

Intro paragraphs: Finish by 12/3
- change degenerative to autoimmune disease (change link as well) in first sentence for more specificity
- Add in brief description of progressive MS in first paragraph since it describes relapsing-remitting MS
- In second paragraph, edit sentence on proposed causes to refer to later section
- In third paragraph, edit sentence on treatment to reflect acute flare management, disease-modifying therapy for long-term relapse prevention, and patient-centered symptom management.
- In third paragraph, remove sentence on alternative treatments altogether since they have not been proven to be efficacious: can touch on them later in treatment section

Signs & Symptoms section: Finish by 12/3
- Clarify first paragraph's description of classic MS presenting symptoms
- Clarify psychiatric symptoms of MS
- Remove sentence on CIS: unsupported claim
- Start third paragraph with percentages o most common symptoms using updated citation
- Edit section on disease course to refer to MS types later in article
Causes section: Finish by 12/3
- Intro paragraph/sentence: clarify that leading hypothesis is autoimmune dysregulation
- Add in section detailing autoimmunity of MS
- Infectious agents subsection: remove first sentence as it is not helpful, rest of this subsection looks good
- Genetics subsection: edit first paragraph's last section to reflect what ethnic groups are disproportionally impacted, edit second paragraph to clarify that only the HLA-DR15 allele is associated with higher risk of MS development
- Geography: include role of vitamin D & latitude in explanation of increasing MS risk as you move away from the equator
- Other: include the following risk factors: obesity, diet & gut microbiome, comorbidities
Pathophysiology section: Finish by 12/10
- Remove sentence on cholesterol crystals: while may be true & supported by research, is not particularly relevant to the pathophysiology of MS as we currently understand it
- Add "immune dysregulation" subsection to explain current thoughts of the development of autoimmunity that leads to MS
Diagnosis section: Finish by 12/10
- Overall accurate & concise, will add in paragraph clarifying what the McDonald Criteria are, what DIS & DIT are and what can be done to prove them
- Remove sentence on brain atrophy: this finding is non-specific to MS
- Add paragraph on studies that can support diagnosis of MS
- Differential Diagnosis section is overall accurate & concise
Types & Variants: Finish by 12/10
- Overall accurate & concise, will add paragraph detailing radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS)
Management: Finish by 12/15
- Acute flare management: overall accurate, clarify that IVIG & plasmapheresis can be use concurrently with steroids
- Clarify indications & side effects of most commonly used disease-modifying drugs

Now that you have compiled a bibliography, it's time to plan out how you'll improve your assigned article.

In this section, write up a concise outline of how the sources you've identified will add relevant information to your chosen article. Be sure to discuss what content gap your additions tackle and how these additions will improve the article's quality.

Consider other changes you'll make to the article, including possible deletions of irrelevant, outdated, or incorrect information, restructuring of the article to improve its readability or any other change you plan on making. This is your chance to really think about how your proposed additions will improve your chosen article and to vet your sources even further.

Note: This is not a draft. This is an outline/plan where you can think about how the sources you've identified will fill in a content gap.

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