Immunology of Neuromuscular Disease

ISBN-13: 9780792388449 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 299 str.

R. Hohlfeld; R. Hohlfeld; Reinhard Hohlfeld

Opis

The neuromuscular diseases comprise the disorders of peripheral nerves, the neuromuscular junction, and muscle. Both pre- and post-synaptic elements of the neuromuscular junction may become targets of autoimmune attack in different diseases.

Spis treści

Preface. Series Editor's Foreword. 1. Immunological self-tolerance and autoimmunity; H. Wekerle. 2. Neuropathies associated with anti-myelin antibodies; D. Burger, A.J. Steck. 3. Guillain--Barré syndrome and CIDP; H.P. Hartung, K. Reiners, K.V. Toyka, J.D. Pollard. 4. Peripheral neuropathy due to vasculitis: immunopathogenesis, clinical features and treatment; J.T. Kissel, J.R. Mendell. 5. Autoimmune-mediated models of peripheral nerve disease; C. Linington. 6. Immunology of the motor nerve terminal; A. Vincent, J. Newsom-Davis. 7. Myasthenia gravis; D.B. Drachman, R.W. Kuncl. 8. Immunological factors that influence disease severity in experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis; K.A. Krolick, P.A. Thompson, T.E. Zoda, S. Mohan, R.J. Barohn, T.-M. Yeh. 9. Autoimmune diseases of muscle; R. Hohlfeld, A.G. Engel. 10. Retrovirus-related neuromuscular diseases; M.C. Dalakas, I. Illa, M. Monzon. Index.