Myopathology A Practical Clinico-pathological Approach to Skeletal Muscle Biopsies /

• Main Authors: Gaspar, Balan Louis (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Vasishta, Rakesh Kumar (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Radotra, Bishan Dass (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Pathology.

This book covers all aspects of basic, essential, recent advances and controversies in myopathology. The major emphasis is on diagnostic myopathology of muscular dystrophies, inflammatory myopathies, mitochondrial myopathies, metabolic myopathies, congenital myopathies, myopathies of miscellaneous e...

Table of Contents:

• -- Introduction to normal skeletal muscle: Anatomy, physiology, histology, and ultrastructure
• Muscle biopsy procedure and processing.-Histochemistry and Immunochemistry of normal muscle
• Histochemistry and Immunochemistry of normal muscle
• A pathologist's expectation from the clinician
• Myopathology: Common terminologies Illustrated
• Classification of skeletal muscle diseases
• Muscular dystrophies
• Inflammatory myopathies
• Mitochondrial myopathies and related diseases
• Congenital myopathies and related diseases
• Metabolic myopathies and related diseases
• Myopathies of miscellaneous etiology
• Diseases of neuromuscular junction
• Neurogenic disorders
• A beginner's approach to skeletal muscle biopsy
• Skeletal muscle biopsy banking
• Recent advances and controversies in myopathology.