Neuroimmunological Diseases

This book offers a detailed review of the remarkable advances that have been made in research on the pathogenesis of a number of neuroimmunological diseases, as well as outlining novel treatments including the use of monoclonal antibodies. Written by renowned experts who have made major contribution...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kusunoki, Susumu (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Basic Neuroimmunology
  • 1. Cellular Immunity and multiple sclerosis: Current understanding
  • 2. Glia and neuroimmunology
  • 3. Animal model
  • 4. Blood-brain barrier and blood-nerve barrier
  • Part II. Clinical Neuroimmunology
  • 5. Multiple Sclerosis: etiology and mechanism, with special reference to Asians
  • 6. Multiple sclerosis: Diagnosis and treatment
  • 7. Neuropsychological aspects of multiple sclerosis
  • 8. Neuromyelitis optica: Diagnosis and treatment
  • 9. Guillain-Barré syndrome: Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment
  • 10. Autoantibodies in Guillain-Barre syndrome
  • 11. Fisher syndrome
  • 12. POEMS syndrome
  • 13. Treatment of myasthenia gravis after the 2014 Japanese clinical guideline
  • 14. N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antibody-associated autoimmune encephalitis
  • 15. Hashimoto encephalopathy
  • 16. Paraneoplastic neurological diseases
  • 17. Antibodies to ganglionic acetylcholine receptor
  • 18. Novel treatment.