Approaches to Understanding Immune-Mediated Neurological Disorders: Measuring and Evaluating Autoantibodies to Neuronal Antigens.- 1 New Antibodies to Neuronal and Muscle Antigens.- 2 Pregnancy and Myasthenia Gravis.- 3 Immunological Mechanisms in the Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome.- 4 Immunotherapy of Myasthenia Gravis.- 5 Ontogeny of Skeletal Muscle Cells.- 6 Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: Immunological Aspects.- 7 Immunological Mechanisms of Paraneoplastic Nervous System Diseases.- 8 Clinical Presentation and Mechanisms of Immune-Mediated Cerebellar Ataxia.- 9 Stiff-Man Syndrome: Pathogenetic, Nosological and Therapeutic Considerations.- 10 Paraneoplastic Neuropathies: a Neuropathological Overview.- 11 Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome in Childhood.- 12 Epilepsy and Autoantibodies.- 13 Primary and Secondary Vasculitis of the Central Nervous System.This book provides an updated review of immune-mediated diseases from a clinical and neuroimmunological point of view It will be of great help to neuroimmunologists and to clinicians, who will gain a clear and concise understanding of the main features of neuroinflammatory diseasesSpringer Book Archives