A Primer of Neuroimmunological Disease [Hardcover]

A Primer of Neuroimmunological Disease?is a significant new resource for anyone interested in conditions such as multiple sclerosis(MS), myasthenia gravis, and neurological infections.? It is a practical and balanced guide to the diagnosis and treatment of neuroimmunological disease.?A Primer of Neuroimmunological Disease?distinguishes itself by providing a range of features not generally included in texts on neuroimmunology. These include broad presentation of information in the form of figures and tables; strong cohesion among topics by focusing on a few?prototypic neuroimmunological diseases, which serve as a foundation from which to explore other neuroimmunological diseases; a single author perspective, with references across chapters; and a focus on the overlap between neuroimmunological and neuroinfectious diseases.? Neurologists, immunologists, infectious disease specialists, neuroscientists and others interested in neuroimmunological diseases such as MS will find?A Primer of Neuroimmunological?to be a state-of-the-art resource.

Preface.- Immunology for the non-immunologist.- Neurology for the non-neurologist.- Neuroimmunology for the non-neuroimmunologist.- The prototypic neuroimmunological CNS disease-multiple sclerosis, a pr?cis.- Multiple sclerosis-diagnosis.- Multiple sclerosis mimics.- Multiple sclerosis therapy.- Experimental models of MS.- Guillain-Barre syndrome(GBS) and other immune-mediated neuropathies.- Neuromuscular neuroimmunological diseases- Myasthenia gravis.- The prototypic neuroimmunological muscle disease- dermatomyositis.- An introduction to neurological infections- neuro-infectious disease as part of neuroimmunology.- Neurological manifestations of systemic chronic inflammatory disease.- The neuroimmunology of cancer- Paraneoplastic syndromes and primary CNS lymphoma.- Neuroimmunology of degenerative diseases and stroke.- Important rare neuroimmunological diseasel35