Acquired Neuromuscular Disorders Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment

Acquired Neuromuscular Disorders Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment / edited by Corrado Angelini.

This book provides state of the art information on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of a range of inflammatory, autoimmune, and idiopathic neuromuscular disorders. The opening section discusses the differential diagnosis of acquired myopathies based on clinical, electrophysiological, muscl...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Angelini, Corrado (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Neurology .
Pathology.
Respiratory organs—Diseases.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Part I Diagnosis of acquired myopathies
  • Auto-Antibodies in Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Electromyography
  • Imaging of the Muscle
  • Peripheral Nerve Ultrasound
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Peripheral Nerve
  • Part II Clinical Entities
  • The Spectrum of Inflammatory Myopathies: Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Necrotizing Myositis and Inclusion Body Myositis
  • Necrotising Myopathy
  • Statin Myopathy
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Acquired Autoimmune Rippling Muscles with Myasthenia Gravis
  • Endocrinological Myopathies
  • Vitamin D deficiency in Muscle
  • Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness
  • Part III Neurogenic disorders
  • Idiopathic Chronic Immune-Mediated Neuropathies: Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy and Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
  • GBS Immune Neuropathies
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Epidemiology and Risk Factors
  • Paraneoplastic Diseases of the Peripheral Nervous System
  • Diabetic Neuropathy
  • Infectious Neuropathies
  • Toxic Neuropathies.

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