Main description:

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.

Contents:

Preface

Chapter 1-Immunology for the non-immunologist

Chapter 2-Neurology for the non-neurologist

Chapter 3-Neuroimmunology for the non-neuroimmunologist

Chapter 4- The prototypic neuroimmunological CNS disease-multiple sclerosis, a precis

Chapter 5-Multiple sclerosis-diagnosis

Chapter 6-Multiple sclerosis mimics

Chapter 7- Multiple sclerosis therapy

Chapter 8- Experimental models of MS

Chapter 9- Guillain-Barre syndrome(GBS) and other immune-mediated neuropathies

Chapter 10- Neuromuscular neuroimmunological diseases- Myasthenia gravis

Chapter 11- The prototypic neuroimmunological muscle disease- dermatomyositis

Chapter 12- An introduction to neurological infections- neuro-infectious disease as part of neuroimmunology

Chapter 13- Neurological manifestations of systemic chronic inflammatory disease

Chapter 14- The neuroimmunology of cancer- Paraneoplastic syndromes and primary CNS lymphoma

Chapter 15- Neuroimmunology of degenerative diseases and stroke

Chapter 16- Important rare neuroimmunological diseases

Chapter 17- Neuroimmunological molecules and translational medicine

Chapter 18- Neuroimmunological diagnostic tests

Chapter 19- Therapy in Neuroimmunological Disease