Immunoneuropsychiatry — novel perspectives on brain disorders

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 317-328

  Pape, Katrin ^a   Tamouza, Ryad ^b,c,d   Leboyer, Marion ^b,c,d   Zipp, Frauke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b INSERM U955   (France)

^c FONDATION FONDAMENTAL   (France)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA INTERFERON; CLADRIBINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; FINGOLIMOD; FUMARIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; GLATIRAMER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; MINOCYCLINE; MITOXANTRONE; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; NATALIZUMAB; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OCRELIZUMAB; RISPERIDONE; RITUXIMAB; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; TERIFLUNOMIDE;

AUTISM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFECTION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; NEUROLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROLOGY;

EID: 85064562157     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41582-019-0174-4     Document Type: Review

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