Neuromuscular Diseases: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Clinical Assessment....Pages 3-14
Electromyography, Nerve Conduction and Other Neurophysiological Techniques....Pages 15-36
Muscle and Nerve Biopsies....Pages 37-62
Pathophysiological Correlations and Compensatory Mechanisms....Pages 63-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Classification of Neuromuscular Disorders....Pages 81-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Diseases of Anterior Horn Cells....Pages 85-112
A Clinical Approach to the Neuropathies....Pages 113-123
Nerve Entrapment and Compression Syndromes and Other Mononeuropathies....Pages 125-149
Brachial and Lumbar Nerve Root and Plexus Lesions....Pages 151-161
Genetically Determined Neuropathies....Pages 163-186
Acquired Polyneuropathies....Pages 187-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Myasthenia Gravis and Other Myasthenic Syndromes....Pages 229-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Inflammatory Myopathies....Pages 253-271
Muscular Dystrophies....Pages 273-297
Myotonic Syndromes....Pages 299-315
Benign Childhood Myopathies....Pages 317-326
Metabolic Myopathies....Pages 327-355
Endocrine Myopathies....Pages 357-367
Drug-Induced and Toxic Myopathies....Pages 369-372
Cardiomyopathy in Neuromuscular Disorders....Pages 373-377
Front Matter....Pages 379-379
Miscellaneous Disorders....Pages 381-388
Back Matter....Pages 389-456