Autoantibodies in Neurological Diseases: Topics in Neuroscience

— Approaches to Understanding Immune-Mediated Neurological Disorders: Measuring and Evaluating Autoantibodies to Neuronal Antigens.- 1 — New Antibodies to Neuronal and Muscle Antigens.- 2 — Pregnancy and Myasthenia Gravis.- 3 — Immunological Mechanisms in the Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome.- 4 — Immunotherapy of Myasthenia Gravis.- 5 — Ontogeny of Skeletal Muscle Cells.- 6 — Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: Immunological Aspects.- 7 — Immunological Mechanisms of Paraneoplastic Nervous System Diseases.- 8 — Clinical Presentation and Mechanisms of Immune-Mediated Cerebellar Ataxia.- 9 — Stiff-Man Syndrome: Pathogenetic, Nosological and Therapeutic Considerations.- 10 — Paraneoplastic Neuropathies: a Neuropathological Overview.- 11 — Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome in Childhood.- 12 — Epilepsy and Autoantibodies.- 13 — Primary and Secondary Vasculitis of the Central Nervous System.

This book provides an updated review of immune-mediated diseases from a clinical and neuroimmunological point of view It will be of great help to neuroimmunologists and to clinicians, who will gain a clear and concise understanding of the main features of neuroinflammatory diseases