Inflammatory Disorders of the Nervous System: Pathogenesis, Immunology, and Clinical Management (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781617375606)

A cutting-edge review of the fundamental biological principles underlying the more common inflammatory disorders of the nervous system. The authors provide extensive updates on the latest findings concerning the mechanisms of inflammation and introduce such new concepts and methodologies as "endothelial and leukocyte microparticles" and "gene microarray technology" to help explain important links between the central nervous system (CNS) and general inflammatory processes. Among the diseases examined from an inflammatory perspective are multiple sclerosis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, optic neuritis, transverse myelitis, CNS vasculitis, neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosis, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. The role of the immune system in neuroinflammation is also explored in such disorders as neurosarcoidois, HIV-Associated dementia, and HTLV-associated neurological disorders.

Author: Alireza Minagar
ISBN-10: 1617375608
ISBN-13: 9781617375606
Publisher: Humana
Language: English
Published: 11/19/2010
Pages: 362
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.78d