Acquired neuromuscular disorders [electronic resource] : pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment / Corrado Angelini, editor.
Angelini, C. (Corrado), editor.
2016
RC925
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Title
Acquired neuromuscular disorders [electronic resource] : pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment / Corrado Angelini, editor.
ISBN
9783319295145 (electronic book)
3319295144 (electronic book)
9783319295121
Published
Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 288 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
RC925
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.7/44
Summary
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, muscle biopsy, and serological criteria, with special focus on the role of electromyography and antibody testing. Each of the relevant clinical entities is then discussed in detail, the coverage including, for example, myasthenia gravis, polymyositis, immune-mediated neuropathies, multifocal motor neuropathies, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, paraneoplastic neuropathies, and diabetic polyneuropathy. Clear guidance is provided on currently available treatments, with descriptions of the latest advances in physiotherapy, drug therapy, and respiratory care. Other features of this clinically oriented book are the inclusion of many illustrative case presentations and contributions by international authors from leading centers.
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Includes index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 8, 2016).
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Angelini, C. (Corrado), editor.
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Acquired Neuromuscular Disorders : Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment
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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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