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After two exceedingly brief reviews of immunology and neurology, we are ready for an exceedingly brief review of neuroimmunology. Neuroimmunology is a nascent field and our understanding of most of the field is relatively shallow. This chapter serves as a brief historical review of trends in the field and an introduction to the remainder of the book.
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Pachner, A.R. (2012). Neuroimmunology for the Non-neuroimmunologist. In: A Primer of Neuroimmunological Disease. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2188-7_3
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