NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS

DESCRIPTION

Neuromuscular Disorders is comprehensive in scope, yet conciseenough to serve as a valuable point-of-care guidefor your daily practice. Grounded by numerous reference sources and enhanced by the experience of two seasonedclinicians, this text provides a pragmatic approach in the evaluation and management of neuromuscular diseases. Here, in a single-source, you will getan insightful look at both nerveand muscle conditions, ranging from motor neuron disease to neuropathies,neuromuscular junction disorders,and myopathies.

Every chapter in this edition has been rewritten, in many cases extensively, with the additionof contemporary citations. The content reflects the latest advancesin the imaging, genetic, and immunologicaltools now at our disposal tounderstand and diagnose many neuromuscular disorders.

• Three new chapters covering the principles of immunomodulating treatment and the rehabilitation of neuromuscular diseases and other disorders that may be mistaken as neuromuscular mimics
• A unique blend of evidence-based medicine with the personal experiences of veteran clinicians
• Convenient coverage of nerve, and muscle and neuromuscular transmission disordersboth primary and secondary neuromuscular diseases
• Specific disease sections encompass the range of conditions likely to be encountered in clinical practice, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, radiculopathies and plexopathies, mononeuropathies, various polyneuropathies, toxic myopathies, and dozens more
• The very latest diagnosis and treatment recommendations and protocols based on the most recent clinical literature and research
• Hundreds of figures including original art, EMGs, histopathology images, and clinical photos

INDEX

Section I: Evaluationand Management of Patients with Neuromuscular Disease

Chapter 1. Approach to Patients withNeuromuscular Disease

Chapter 2. Testingin Neuromuscular Disease

Chapter 3. Muscleand Nerve Histopathology

Chapter 4. Principlesof Immunomodulating Treatment

Chapter 5. TheRehabilitation ofNeuromuscular Diseases

Section II: Specific Disorders

Chapter 6. AmyotrophicLateral Sclerosis

Chapter 7. HereditarySpastic Paraparesis

Chapter 8. SpinalMuscular Atrophies

Chapter 9. OtherMotor Neuron Disorders

Chapter 10. Disordersof Motor Nerve Hyperactivity

Chapter 11. Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease andRelated Disorders

Chapter 12. OtherHereditary Neuropathies

Chapter 13. Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Related Disorders

Chapter 14. ChronicInflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy and Related Neuropathies

Chapter 15. VasculiticNeuropathies

Chapter 16. NeuropathiesAssociated with Systemic Disease

Chapter 17. NeuropathiesAssociated with Infections

Chapter 18. NeuropathiesRelated to Nutritional Deficiencies

Chapter 19. NeuropathiesAssociated with Malignancy

Chapter 20. ToxicNeuropathies

Chapter 21. NeuropathiesAssociated with Endocrinopathies

Chapter 22. IdiopathicPolyneuropathy

Chapter 23. Focal Neuropathies of the Upper Extremitiesand Trunk: Radiculopathies, Brachial Plexopathies, and Mononeuropathies

Chapter 24. Focal Neuropathies of the Lower Extremities:Radiculopathies, Plexopathies,and Mononeuropathies

Chapter 25. AutoimmuneMyasthenia Gravis

Chapter 26. OtherDisorders of Neuromuscular Transmission

Chapter 27. Muscular Dystrophies

Chapter 28. CongenitalMyopathies

Chapter 29. MetabolicMyopathies

Chapter 30. MitochondrialDisorders

Chapter 31. MyotonicDystrophies

Chapter 32. NondystrophicMyotonias and Periodic Paralysis

Chapter 33. InflammatoryMyopathies

Chapter 34. MyopathiesAssociated with Systemic Disease

Chapter 35. ToxicMyopathies

Chapter 36. Neuromuscular Mimics