Autoimmune neurology. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sean J. Pittock, Angela Vincent.
• Editors: J. Pittock, Sean; Vincent, Angela
• Contents: Section 1 Introduction 1. Introduction to the field of autoimmune neurology - Angela Vincent and Sean J. Pittock Section 2 Basic neurobiology 2. Signaling molecules of the CNS as targets of autoimmunity - Eduardo E. Benarroch 3. Blood brain barrier - Birgit Obermeier and Richard Ransohoff 4. Basic principles of immunology - Karen E. Hedin 5. Cellular and molecular outcomes of the targeted immune attack - Rita Balice-Gordon and Ankit Jain 6. Immunopathology: Autoimmune glial diseases and differentiation from MS - Claudia Francesca Lucchinetti 7. Immunopathology: Autoimmune neuronal diseases - Jan Bauer and Christian G Bien 8. Animal models of neurological autoimmunity - Hans Lassmann and Monica Bradl Section 3 Clinical: autoimmune neurological disorders 9. Detection methods for neural autoantibodies - Patrick Joseph Waters 10. Approach to diagnosis and treatment - Sean J. Pittock and Jacqueline Palace 11. Voltage-gated potassium channel complex autoimmunity and the clinical syndromes - Sarosh Irani and Angela Vincent 12. Glutamate and GABA R autoimmunity and encephalopathies - Maarten Jan Titulaer 13. Epilepsy - Jeffrey Britton 14. Dementia - Bradley F. Boeve 15. Autoimmunity in neuropsychiatric disorders - Ester Coutinho and Angela Vincent 16. Vision loss - Gordon Plant 17. Autoimmune movement disorders - Andrew McKeon and Angela Vincent 18. Dysautonomia - Andrew McKeon and Eduardo E. Benarroch 19. Myelopathies - Eoin P. Flanagan 20. Autoimmune-mediated peripheral neuropathies and autoimmune pain - Christopher Klein 21. Neuromuscular junction disorders - Jan Verschuuren 22. Muscle disease - Andrew L Mammen 23. Sleep disorders - Michael Silber 24. Autoimmune AQP4 channelopathies and NMOSD - Vanda A. Lennon and Shannon R. Hinson 25. Autoimmune Neurological Disorders in Children - Mark Gorman and Ming Lim 26. CNS Vasculitis in Adults and Children - Susanne Maria Benseler 27. Current and future immunotherapy strategies in autoimmune neurology - Kevin O'Connor
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.80479; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects; Autoimmunity
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780444634467
• Related ISBNs: 9780444634320
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