Muscle Disease; Blue Books of Practical Neurology, Volume 23

by Schapira & Griggs

• ISBN13: 9780750670852
• ISBN10: 0750670851
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-04
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Summary

This concise disorder-specific clinical text on muscle diseases covers current and new concepts in patient management. Due to advances in molecular genetics, the field of muscle diseases is evolving rapidly and clinicians need to stay abreast of the latest developments in diagnosis and treatment. Neuromuscular specialists and general neurologists will benefit from the cutting edge knowledge contained within this authoritative text.

Table of Contents

Clinical Evaluation of Patients with Neuromuscular Disease

Muscle Pain and Fatigue

Muscular Dystrophies: Overview of Clinical and Molecular Approaches

Muscular Dystrophies Related to Deficiency of Sarcolemmal Proteins

Myotonic Disorders: Myotonic Dystrophy and Proximal Myotonic Myopathy

Muscle Channelopathies: Malignant Hyperthermia, Periodic Paralyses, Paramyotonia and Myotonia

Mitochondrial Myopathies: Clinical Features, Molecular Genetics, Investigation and Management

Metabolic Myopathies: Substrate Use Defects

Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction

Inflammatory Myopathies: Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Inclusion Body Myositis, and Related Diseases

Muscle Infection: Viral, Bacterial, Parasitic and Spirochetal

Endocrine and Toxic Myopathies

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