Neuromuscular disorders / editors, Rahman Pourmand, Yadollah Harati.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pourmand, Rahman.

Harati, Yadollah.

Series:

Advances in neurology ; v. 88.

Advances in neurology ; v. 88

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neuromuscular Diseases.

Neuromuscular diseases.

Medical Subjects:

Neuromuscular Diseases.

Physical Description:

xiii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA, USA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2002]

Summary:

This exciting and comprehensive volume examines the past decade's clinical and scientific advances in treatment and management strategies for neuromuscular disorders. These developments, affecting current patient evaluation and management, have generated innovative diagnostic methods, new and effective therapies, and new management strategies in the field. This volume explains all the recent breakthroughs and presents them in a clinically relevant way. Chapters written by internationally recognized experts cover all the major neuromuscular diseases. Each chapter has three main sections: scientific background, practical application including diagnosis and treatment, and future directions for basic and clinical research.

Contents:

1. Mechanisms of Disease Pathogenesis in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Central Role for Calcium / Ericka P. Simpson, Dennis Mosier, Stanley H. Appel 1

2. Genetic Aspects of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Teepu Siddique, Irfan Lalani 21

3. Motor Unit Number Estimation in Neurologic Disease / Jeremy M. Shefner, Clifton L. Gooch 33

4. Diagnostic Criteria and Outcome Measurement of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Mark B. Bromberg 53

5. Drug Therapy in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Brian Murray, Hiroshi Mitsumoto 63

6. Spinal Muscular Atrophies / Susan T. Iannaccone, Arthur Burghes 83

7. Diabetic Neuropathy / Stasha Gominak, Gareth J. Parry 99

8. Immune-Mediated Neuropathies / Reinhard Kiefer, Bernd C. Kieseier, Hans-Peter Hartung 111

9. Molecular Basis of Hereditary Neuropathies / Giles D. J. Watts, Phillip F. Chance 133

10. Neuropathic Pain / John D. England, Harry J. Gould III 147

11. Myasthenia Gravis / Angela Vincent, Daniel B. Drachman 159

12. The Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome / Donald B. Sanders 189

13. Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes / Andrew G. Engel, Kinji Ohno 203

14. Metabolic Myopathies / Michio Hirano, Salvatore DiMauro 217

15. Periodic Paralyses and Nondystrophic Myotonias / David R. Renner, Louis J. Ptacek 235

16. Inflammatory Myopathies: Recent Advances in Pathogenesis and Therapy / Marinos C. Dalakas 253

17. Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophies / Federica Piccolo, Steven A. Moore, Katherine D. Mathews, Kevin P. Campbell 273

18. Myotonic Dystrophies / Shinichiro Nagamitsu, Tetsuo Ashizawa 293

19. Neuromuscular Syndromes Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection / Richard K. Olney 315

20. Critical Illness Neuromyopathies / David Lacomis, Joseph V. Campellone 325.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0781731453

OCLC:

48416360