Neuromuscular junction disorders / volume editor, Andrew G. Engel.

SeriesHandbook of clinical neurology ; 3rd. ser., v. 91
Contents The most vulnerable synapse: historic aspects of neuromuscular junction disorders / John Keesey -- Reliability of neuromuscular transmission and how it is maintained / Clarke R. Slater -- The neuromuscular junction / Andrew G. Engel -- Electromyographic aspects of neuromuscular junction disorders / C. Michel Harper -- The immunopathogenesis of myasthenia gravis / Norbert Sommer, Bj©œ�˜rn Tackenberg and Reinhard Hohlfeld -- Autoantibodies in different forms of myasthenia gravis and in the Lambert-Eaton syndrome / Angela Vincent -- Clinical features of myasthenia gravis / Donald B. Sanders and Janice M. Massey -- Therapy of myasthenia gravis / Donald B. Drachman -- The Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome / Donald B. Sanders and Vern C. Juel -- Congenital myasthenic syndromes / Andrew G. Engel -- Botulism / Eric A. Johnson and Cesare Montecucco -- Neurotoxicology of neuromuscular transmission / James F. Howard, Jr. and Donald B. Sanders -- Organophosphate and carbamate poisoning / Jan L. De Bleecker -- Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability and the neuromuscular junction / Steven Vermino.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN9780444520081
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