Clinical Neuroimmunology

This introduction to neuroimmunology and immunotherapy is a comprehensive guide to immune-mediated disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system and other disorders with a major neuroimmunologic component. Special emphasis paid to multiple sclerosis.

Clinical Neuroimmunology: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders serves as an indispensable resource for physicians interested in, and dealing with, this very complex and evolving branch of neurology.  This comprehensive title provides an introduction to basic neuroimmunology and principles of immunotherapy and also serves as a thorough guide to immune-mediated disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system, as well as other systemic disorders with a significant neuroimmunologic component.  The chapters are written by experts in their fields and include the most up to date scientific information. This volume is made to simplify complex immunological mechanisms and to focus on practical patient-related issues.  Clinical Neuroimmunology: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders is an invaluable addition to the literature and will be of significant interest to neurologists, residents and fellows, internists, and general practitioners who treat patients with neurologic disorders and other systemic autoimmune diseases.

Introduction to Neuroimmunology.- Principles of Immunotherapy.-Immunopathogenesis.-  Epidemiology and Genetics.- Clinical Features, Symptom Management and Diagnosis.- Advances in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Multiple Sclerosis.- Disease modifying agents in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis.- Multiple Sclerosis in Children.- Is Multiple Sclerosis a Vascular Disease?-Multiple Sclerosis: the next 20 years.- Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelits (ADEM).- Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders.- Neuroimmunology of Cancer.- Central Nervous System Infections.- The Neuroimmunology of Cortical Disease.- Immunological aspects of Movement disorders.- CNS Vasculitis.-Immunologic disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction and Muscle.- Autoimmune Neuropathies.-Systemic Autoimmune Diseases with Neurological Manifestations.