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Handbook of Neurovirology (Neurological Disease and Therapy)

Author Robert R. McKendall
Publisher CRC Press
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PublisherCRC Press
ISBN / ASIN0824788702
ISBN-139780824788704
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Sales Rank3,141,683
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

Description

This comprehensive and up-to-date reference reviews the fundamental ideas and terminology used to evaluate viral and immune-mediated diseases and details the taxonomy, pathogenesis, epidemiology, immunology, clinical and differential diagnosis, and treatment of viral and virus-induced immune-mediated diseases of the nervous system.
Uniting the clinical aspects and the basic biology of virus infections of the nervous system, the Handbook of Neurovirology
  • examines all aspects of the immune response to virus infection, including cellular and humoral immunity as well as interferon and cytokine responses
  • investigates the new concept of molecular mimicry
  • analyzes cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities associated with viral and immune-mediated syndromes
  • describes both RNA and DNA viruses and their diseases
  • covers virus classification, virion structure and structural proteins, viral genome structure, and viral gene regulation and replication
  • discusses selected animal models of viral infections that have been especially useful in delineating the pathogenesis of viral infections in man
  • and more!