Acquired Neuromuscular Disorders Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Angelini, Corrado (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Neurology.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

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, muscl...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.