Main description:

This comprehensive, up-to-date book is designed to make recent developments in neuroimmunology accessible to medical professionals in the field. The field of neuroimmunology is complex and rapidly evolving, especially with the current improvements in targeted biologic therapies. This resource concisely offers clear explanations of these scientific and clinical advancements.

Divided into five parts, the book begins with an in-depth introduction to neuroimmunology and the principles of immunotherapy. Section two consists of eight chapters devoted to multiple sclerosis, including discussions on the clinical features of the disease as well as symptom management and diagnosis. Subsequent chapters then dive into other central nervous system inflammatory disorders such as neuromyelitis optica, autoimmune encephalopathies, and immunological aspects of cancer. Following this are two chapters that examine distinct aspects of autoimmune disorders of the peripheral nervous system. Finally, the book closes with a review on the neurologic manifestations, diagnostic approaches and treatments of the various systemic rheumatic diseases.

Following its successful predecessor edition, Clinical Neuroimmunology: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, Second Edition is positioned to be an invaluable asset to neurologists, residents and fellows, internists, and general practitioners who treat patients with neurologic disorders and other systemic autoimmune diseases.

Contents:

Introduction to Neuroimmunology

Principles if Immunotherapy

The microbiome and the immune system

Multiple Sclerosis

Immunopathogenesis

Epidemiology and Genetics

Clinical features and diagnosis

Symptom Management

Disease modifying treatment

Multiple sclerosis in Children

Other Disorders

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)

Neuromyelitis Optica

Neuroimmunology of Cancer

Autoimmune encephalitis

CNS Vasculitis

Neuroimmunology of CNS infections

Peripheral Nervous System Disorders

Immunologic disorders of Neuromuscular junction

Autoimmune Neuropathies

Systemic disorders

Systemic autoimmune diseases with neurologic manifestations