Full Description
This detailed, practical textbook focuses on immune mediated disorders of the nervous system with particular focus on systemic autoimmune disorders. Divided into three sections, the first discusses the neuroanatomical and pathophysiologic basis of immune mediated disorders of the nervous system. Following this are 25 chapters devoted to individual clinical conditions. To conclude, the final section explains what is known about the mechanisms of immunomodulatory treatments and practical points about monitoring patients on these treatments.
Neurorheumatology: A Comprehensive Guide to Immune Mediated Disorders of the Nervous System bridges the gaps among different branches of medicine and is an indispensable resource for rheumatologists and neurologists looking to develop a firm understanding of these dynamic disorders
Contents
The central and peripheral nervous system.- Inflammation in the nervous system.- Signs and symptoms of relevant rheumatological disorders.- Imaging.- Laboratory testing.- Electrophysiological studies.- Biopsy.- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.- Antiphospholipid and thrombotic microangiopathies.- Sjögren Syndrome.- Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Sarcoidosis.- Seronegative spondyloarthropathy.- IgG4-Related Disease.- Scleroderma.- Giant Cell Arteritis.- CNS vasculitis.- Neuro-Behҫet Disease.- Autoinflammatory Diseases.- Ocular + Auditory Inflammatory Syndromes.- Paraneoplastic Syndromes.- Neuronal Surface Antibody-Mediated Autoimmune Encephalitis.- Hashimoto's encephalopathy/SREAT.- Celiac Disease.- Neuromyelitis Optica .- Multiple sclerosis and relation to systemic autoimmune disorders.- Stiff-person Syndrome.- Inflammatory myopathies.- Neuromuscular Junction Disorders.- Peripheral neuropathy in rheumatologic disorders, plexopathy.- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease.- Lyme Disease.- Complications related to pharmacotherapy.- Amyloidosis.- Clinical syndrome tables.- Differential diagnoses.- Corticosteroids.- Oral steroid-sparing agents.- Cyclophosphamide.- Biologics.- IVIG.- Plasmapheresis.
