- Quick Reference Material
- Dedication from first edition
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part 1
- Chapter 1 Primary immunodeficiency
- Chapter 2 Secondary immunodeficiency and other host-defence syndromes
- Chapter 3 Allergic disease
- Chapter 4 Autoimmunity and the endocrine system
- Chapter 5 Autoimmunity of the nervous system
- Chapter 6 Autoimmunity associated with cardiac, respiratory, and renal disease
- Chapter 7 Autoimmunity in gastrointestinal disease
- Chapter 8 Autoimmunity in liver disease
- Chapter 9 Autoimmune haematological disorders
- Chapter 10 Autoimmune skin disorders
- Chapter 11 Autoimmune eye disease
- Chapter 12 Connective tissue disease
- Chapter 13 Vasculitis
- Chapter 14 Miscellaneous conditions
- Chapter 15 Transplantation
- Chapter 16 Immunotherapy
- Part 2
- Chapter 17 Immunochemistry
- Chapter 18 Autoantibodies
- Chapter 19 Allergy tests
- Chapter 20 Cellular investigations
- Chapter 21 Tissue typing
- Chapter 22 Quality and Managerial Issues
- Index
(p. 187) Autoimmunity of the nervous system
- Chapter:
- (p. 187) Autoimmunity of the nervous system
- Author(s):
Gavin P Spickett
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199603244.003.0005
Myasthenia gravis (MG)
Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS)
Acquired neuromyotonia (Isaac’s disease) and stiff person syndrome (SPS)
Morvan’s syndrome
Rasmussen encephalitis
PANDAS
Paraneoplastic autoimmune neurological syndromes
Demyelinating diseases 1: multiple sclerosis (MS)
Demyelinating diseases 2: Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) and variants
Demyelinating diseases 3: chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), related conditions, and Devic’s syndrome (neuromyelitis optica)...
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- Quick Reference Material
- Dedication from first edition
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part 1
- Chapter 1 Primary immunodeficiency
- Chapter 2 Secondary immunodeficiency and other host-defence syndromes
- Chapter 3 Allergic disease
- Chapter 4 Autoimmunity and the endocrine system
- Chapter 5 Autoimmunity of the nervous system
- Chapter 6 Autoimmunity associated with cardiac, respiratory, and renal disease
- Chapter 7 Autoimmunity in gastrointestinal disease
- Chapter 8 Autoimmunity in liver disease
- Chapter 9 Autoimmune haematological disorders
- Chapter 10 Autoimmune skin disorders
- Chapter 11 Autoimmune eye disease
- Chapter 12 Connective tissue disease
- Chapter 13 Vasculitis
- Chapter 14 Miscellaneous conditions
- Chapter 15 Transplantation
- Chapter 16 Immunotherapy
- Part 2
- Chapter 17 Immunochemistry
- Chapter 18 Autoantibodies
- Chapter 19 Allergy tests
- Chapter 20 Cellular investigations
- Chapter 21 Tissue typing
- Chapter 22 Quality and Managerial Issues
- Index