Diseases

Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System

Disorders caused by cellular or humoral immune responses primarily directed towards nervous system autoantigens. The immune response may be directed towards specific tissue components (e.g., myelin) and may be limited to the central nervous system (e.g., MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) or the peripheral nervous system (e.g., GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME).

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Abstract

Disorders caused by cellular or humoral immune responses primarily directed towards nervous system autoantigens. The immune response may be directed towards specific tissue components (e.g., myelin) and may be limited to the central nervous system (e.g., MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) or the peripheral nervous system (e.g., GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME).

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  • Autoimmune Diseases, Nervous System
  • Autoimmune Diseases, Neurologic
  • Autoimmune Disorders of the Nervous System
  • Autoimmune Disorders, Nervous System
  • Autoimmune Nervous System Diseases
  • Nervous System Autoimmune Diseases
  • Neurologic Autoimmune Diseases
  • Autoimmune Disease, Neurologic
  • Neurologic Autoimmune Disease
  • Antibody-Mediated Encephalitis
  • Autoimmune Encephalitis
  • Immune Diseases, Nervous System
  • Immune Disorders, Nervous System
  • Nervous System Immune Diseases
  • Nervous System Immune Disorders
  • Antibody Mediated Encephalitis
  • Antibody-Mediated Encephalitides
  • Autoimmune Encephalitides
  • Encephalitis, Antibody-Mediated
  • Encephalitis, Autoimmune

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2000

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  • Autoimmune Diseases (1966-1999)

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  1. C10w.114
  2. C20w.111w.258

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020274. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020274
  2. Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18556300