Vasculitis and the Nervous System, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics (Volume 37-2) (The Clinics: Radiology (Volume 37-2))

Younger MD DrPH MPH MS (Epidemiology), David S.

ISBN 10: 0323678602 / ISBN 13: 9780323678605

Published by Elsevier, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vasculitis and the Nervous System, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics (Volume 37-2) (The Clinics: Radiology (Volume 37-2))
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323678602
• ISBN 13: 9780323678605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest edited by Dr. David S. Younger, covers Vasculitis and the Nervous System. Topics include, but are not limited to, History and Background of Vasculitis, Overview of Primary and Secondary Vasculitis, Epidemiology of Primary Systemic Vasculitis, Comorbidity and Health Outcomes of Vasculitis, Experimental Autoimmune Vasculitis, Genetic Basis of Vasculitides, General Approach to the Patient with Vasculitis, ANCA-Associated Vasculitis, Polyarteritis Nodosa, Giant Cell Arteritis, Dermatologic Aspects of Vasculitides, Neuro-Ophthalmologic Aspects of Vasculitides, The Blood-Brain Barrier: Implications for Vasculitis, Adult Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System, Childhood Inflammatory Brain Diseases, Adult Vasculitic Stroke, Central Nervous System Vasculitis Due to Substance Abuse, Peripheral Nerve Vasculitis: Classification and Disease Associations, Hashimoto Encephalopathy: Autoimmune Encephalitis or Vasculitis, and Treatment of Primary Systemic and Nervous System Vasculitis.

About the Author

David S. Younger MD DrPH, MPH MS, Affiliate Professor of Neuroscience at City University of New York Medical School and Attending Physician at White Plains Hospital, NY, has vast experience in both clinical and academic neurology and public health. He mentors students at his alma mater Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He has been Board certified in Neurology, Internal Medicine, Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) and Neurophysiology (ABCN). He is best recognized as a highly trained electrophysiologist and neuromuscular specialist. For the past decade his work has focused on autoimmunity of the nervous system and the use of immunotherapy and most recently, in COVID-19 neurological illnesses.