Neuroimmunology

Neuroimmunology, the latest volume in the Contemporary Neurology Series, provides a practical, clinical, and scientific background on a diverse group of neurological disorders in this rapidly expanding field. The book includes chapters on multiple sclerosis and related disorders in adults and children, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy and variants, immune-mediated disorders of the neuromuscular junction, inflammatory myopathies, paraneoplastic disorders and autoimmune encephalitities, and neurologic manifestations of systemic immune-mediated diseases. Unique to the work, the authors have included an introductory chapter on the basics of immunology and another on mechanisms of action of therapies used in neuroimmunologic disorders. The clinical chapters cover epidemiology, pathology, pathogenesis, and pathophysiology of the different diseases along with clinical presentation, diagnostic testing, differential diagnosis, and treatment. All are presented in an accessible, practical format, making this volume a valuable resource for physicians and other healthcare providers that will care for persons with neuroimmunologic diseases.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the book
Gary Birnbaum and Robert P. Lisak
Chapter 1 Neuroimmunology for the non-immunologist
Bibi Bielekova
Chapter 2 Therapies of Neuro-immunologic Diseases
Gary Birnbaum, Bibiana Bielekova, and Robert Lisak
Chapter 3 Multiple Sclerosis
Gary Birnbaum
Chapter 4 Multiple Sclerosis in Children
Sarah E. Hopkins and Brenda L. Banwell
Chapter 5 Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders
A. Sebastian López-Chiriboga and Brian G. Weinshenker
Chapter 6 Immune-Mediated Disease of the Neuromuscular Junction
Robert P Lisak and James Selwa
Chapter 7 Immmunopathogenesis of Inflammatory Myopathies: Current Concepts
Marinos C. Dalakas
Chapter 8 Guillain Barré Syndrome
Matthew JG Buford and Richard A Lewis
Chapter 9 CIDP and related variants and overlap disorders
Jeffrey A. Allen
Chapter 10 Paraneoplastic and Idiopathic Autoimmune Neurological Disorders Affecting the Central Nervous System and Autoimmune Dysautonomia
Nicholas L. Zalewski and Sean J. Pittock
Chapter 11 Neurologic Complications of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
Shamik Bhattacharyya and Martin A. Samuels