Neurological Adverse Events Associated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Diagnosis and Management

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Astaras, Christophoros ^a   de Micheli, Rita ^a   Moura, Bianca ^a   Hundsberger, Thomas ^b   Hottinger, Andreas F ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anti CTLA 4; Anti PD 1; Encephalitis; Immune checkpoint inhibitors; Meningitis; Myositis; Neurological adverse events; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; ATEZOLIZUMAB; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR; IPILIMUMAB; NIVOLUMAB; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOLOGICAL ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSITIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MONONEUROPATHY; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOSITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; RADICULITIS; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 85041622257     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-018-0810-1     Document Type: Review

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