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Neuromuscular diseases

Jaap Bethlem and Charlotte E. Knobbout

(Oxford medical publications)

Oxford University Press, 1987

  • : U.K. : est

Other Title

Neuromusculaire ziekten

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Neuromusculaire ziekten

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Bibliography: p. 153

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Description

This book provides a concise description of the clinical symptoms of neuromuscular diseases. Laboratory findings, such as serum creatine kinase activity, electromyopathy, and enzyme histochemistry are surveyed, and the patient's complaints and the clinical findings on examination are described in detail. Special attention is given to postural examination and muscle-testing procedures. Readership: physiotherapists, general practitioners, neurologists, paediatricians, rehabilitation specialists, orthopaedic surgeons.

Table of Contents

  • Classification of neuromuscular diseases
  • Genetics and neuromuscular diseases
  • Treatment of neuromuscular diseases
  • Testing muscle function
  • Spinal atrophies
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • Neuropathies
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • The Lambert-Eaton syndrome
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • Becker-type muscular dystrophy
  • Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy
  • The scapuloperoneal syndrome
  • The limb-girdle syndrome
  • Distal myopathies
  • Progressive external ophthalmoplegia
  • Congenital myopathies
  • Myopathies with abnormal mitochondria
  • Myotonic disorders
  • Glycogen storage diseases
  • Disorders of muscle lipid metabolism
  • Periodic paralyses
  • Polymyositis and dermatomyositis
  • Neuromuscular disorders associated with endocrine diseases
  • Paroxysmal myoglobinuria
  • Malignant hyperthermia
  • Complaints about the muscles
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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