Immunological and Infectious Diseases of the Peripheral Nerves (Paperback)

Preface; The way things were: the discovery of experimental 'allergic' neuritis B. Waksman; Part I. Biology and Epidemiology: 1. Immune interactions in the peripheral nervous system C. L. Koski; 2. Epidemiology of autoimmune polyneuropathies J. J. Kelly; Part II. Patient Evaluation: 3. Clinical evaluation and differential diagnosis J. H. J. Wokke, and N. C. Notermans; 4. Electrophysiological studies H. Franssen; 5. Immunopathological studies in immune-mediated neuropathies M. Corbo, and A. P. Hays; Part III. Clinical Syndromes: 6. Guillain-Barre syndrome and variants F. G. A. Van der Meche; 7. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy M. Vermeulen; 8. Acute and chronic sensory neuronopathy G. Sobue; 9. Acute and chronic autonomic neuropathies G. A. Suarez, and P. A. Low; 10. Vasculitic neuropathies G. Said; 11. Neuropathies associated with anti-MAG antibodies and IgM monoclonal gammopathies E. Nobile-Orazio; 12. Motor neuropathies associated with anti-GM1 ganglioside antibodies T. Kuntzer, and A. J. Steck; 13. Neuropathies associated with anti-sulfatide and other glycoconjugate antibodies L. H. van der Berg; 14. Paraneoplastic peripheral neuropathy P. Sillevis Smitt, and Jerome Posner; 15. Polyneuropathies associated with myeloma, POEMS, and non-malignant IgG and IgA monoclonal gammopathies J. J. Kelly; 16. Neuromyotonia and the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome J. Newsom-Davis; 17. The Post-Polio syndrome M. Dalakas; 18. Peripheral neuropathy in HIV-1 infection T. H. Brannagan, T. McAlarney, and N. Latov; 19. Lyme neuropathy P. Coyle, and M. Kaufman; 20. Neuropathy in leprosy F. G. I. Jennekens, and W. H. van Brakel; 21. Neuropathies associated with herpes virus infections Israel Steiner, and Dana Wolf; 22. Toxin-induced immune neuropathies N. L. Rosenberg; 23. Immune-mediated experimental neuropathies J. D. Pollard; Part IV. Therapy and Management: 24. Immunosuppression and immunomodulation A. Brand; 25. Management of paralytic neuropathy in the intensive care unit C. F. Bolton; 26. Diagnosis and symptomatic therapy of nerve pain Ch. J. Vecht, and P. L. I. Dellemijn; 27. Medical rehabilitation G. Van Dijk, N. C. Notermans, and J. Gerritsen.