Neuromuscular Disorders (NIP- Neurology in Practice)

✍ Scribed by Rabi Tawil, Shannon Venance

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 285
• Series: NIP- Neurology in Practice
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Neuromuscular Disorders......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Contributor List......Page 10
Acknowledgment......Page 12
Series Preface......Page 13
Preface......Page 14
1: Neuromuscular Diseases: Approach to Clinical Diagnosis......Page 15
Part I: Myopathies......Page 21
2: Approach to Diseases of Muscle......Page 23
3: Inflammatory Myopathies......Page 29
4: Toxic Myopathies......Page 36
5: Metabolic Myopathies......Page 44
6: Mitochondrial Myopathies......Page 56
7: Dystrophinopathies......Page 65
8: Limb–Girdle Dystrophies......Page 71
9: Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy......Page 88
10: Myotonic Dystrophies......Page 94
11: Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy......Page 101
12: Distal Myopathies......Page 105
13: Muscle Channelopathies......Page 110
14: Congenital Myopathies......Page 117
Part II: Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction......Page 125
15: Approach to Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction......Page 127
16: Myasthenia Gravis......Page 132
17: Botulism......Page 140
18: Lambert–Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome......Page 148
19: Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes......Page 156
Part III: Disorders of Peripheral Nerve......Page 165
20: Approach to Diagnosis of Peripheral Nerve Disease......Page 167
21: Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathies (Charcot–Marie–Tooth Disease)......Page 176
22: Diabetic Neuropathies......Page 184
23: Toxic and Metabolic Neuropathies......Page 191
24: Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Neuropathies and Variants......Page 197
25: Chronic Immune-mediated Demyelinating Polyneuropathies......Page 204
26: Vasculitic Neuropathies......Page 212
27: Paraneoplastic Neuropathies......Page 218
28: Brachial and Lumbosacral Plexopathies......Page 224
Part IV: Disorders of Motor Neurons......Page 235
29: Approach to Diseases of the Motor Neurons......Page 237
30: Spinal Muscular Atrophy......Page 243
31: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis......Page 250
32: Neuromuscular Disorders in the Intensive Care Unit......Page 257
Index......Page 263
colour plate......Page 283