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Neuromuscular Disorders

R Tawil (Autor)

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280 Seiten
2011
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Hersteller)
978-1-119-97333-1 (ISBN)
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* Practical clinical guidance on the care of patients with neuromuscular disorders * Part of the Neurology in Practice series * Contains ?Tips and Tricks? boxes with hints on improving outcomes via practical techniques and ?Caution? warning boxes with hints on avoiding problems .
A new addition to the Neurology in Practice series, Neuromuscular Disorders provides a clinical guide to the challenging diagnosis and management of neuromuscular disorders. As a part of the series, various feature boxes are highlighted throughout. "Tips and Tricks" give suggestions on how to improve outcomes through practical technique or patient questioning. In addition, "Caution" warning boxes supply helpful advice on how to avoid problems and 'Science Revisited' boxes offer quick reminders of the basic science principles necessary for understanding the presented concepts.

Rabi N. Tawil, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA Shannon Venance, MD, PhD, FRCPCP, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Contributor List viii Acknowledgment x Series Foreword xi Preface xii 1 Neuromuscular Diseases: Approach to Clinical Diagnosis 1 Shannon Venance and Rabi Tawil part i myopathies 2 Approach to Diseases of Muscle 9 Matthew P. Wicklund 3 Inflammatory Myopathies 15 Steven A. Greenberg 4 Toxic Myopathies 22 Steven K. Baker 5 Metabolic Myopathies 30 Ingrid Tein 6 Mitochondrial Myopathies 42 Michio Hirano, Valentina Emmanuele, and Catarina M. Quinzii 7 Dystrophinopathies 51 Shannon L. Venance 8 Limb Girdle Dystrophies 57 Michela Guglieri and Kate Bushby 9 Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy 74 Constantine Farmakidis and Rabi Tawil 10 Myotonic Dystrophies 80 Nicholas Johnson and Chad R. Heatwole 11 Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy 87 Annie Dionne and Jean-Pierre Bouchard 12 Distal Myopathies 91 Bjarne Udd 13 Muscle Channelopathies 96 James Burge and Michael G. Hanna 14 Congenital Myopathies 103 Nigel Clarke and Kathryn North part ii disorders of the neuromuscular junction 15 Approach to Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction 113 Donald B. Sanders 16 Myasthenia Gravis 118 Michael K. Hehir and Emma Ciafaloni 17 Botulism 126 Nikhil Balakrishnan and Matthew N. Meriggioli 18 Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome 134 Michael W. Nicolle 19 Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes 142 Andrew G. Engel part iii disorders of peripheral nerve 20 Approach to Diagnosis of Peripheral Nerve Disease 153 James C. Cleland and Eric L. Logigian 21 Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathies (Charcot Marie Tooth Disease) 162 Araya Puwanant and David N. Herrmann 22 Diabetic Neuropathies 170 Douglas W. Zochodne 23 Toxic and Metabolic Neuropathies 177 Kurt Kimpinski 24 Acute Infl ammatory Demyelinating Neuropathies and Variants 183 Mazen M. Dimachkie and Richard J. Barohn 25 Chronic Immune-mediated Demyelinating Polyneuropathies 190 Agnes Jani-Acsadi and Richard A. Lewis 26 Vasculitic Neuropathies 198 W. David Arnold and John T. Kissel 27 Paraneoplastic Neuropathies 204 Pariwat Thaisetthawatkul 28 Brachial and Lumbosacral Plexopathies 210 Kristine M. Chapman and Amanda Sherwin part iv disorders of motor neurons 29 Approach to Diseases of the Motor Neurons 223 Christen Shoesmith 30 Spinal Muscular Atrophy 229 Jacqueline Montes and Petra Kaufmann 31 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 236 Amy Chen and Hiroshi Mitsumoto 32 Neuromuscular Disorders in the Intensive Care Unit 243 Maxwell S. Damian and David Hilton-Jones Index 249 The colour plate section can be found facing page 228.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.9.2011
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 150 x 250 mm
Gewicht 666 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Neurologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Orthopädie
ISBN-10 1-119-97333-3 / 1119973333
ISBN-13 978-1-119-97333-1 / 9781119973331
Zustand Neuware
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