Acquired neuromuscular disorders pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment / Corrado Angelini, editor.

Other author Angelini, C. (Corrado)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoSwitzerland : Springer, [2016]
Descriptionxi, 288 pages : illustrations
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Neuromuscular Diseases--diagnosis.
Neuromuscular Diseases--pathology.
Neuromuscular Diseases--therapy.
Muscular Atrophy--etiology.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016940905
ISBN9783319295121 (alk. paper)