Myasthenia gravis and myasthenic disorders / edited by Andrew G. Engel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Engel, Andrew.

Series:

Contemporary neurology series ; 81.

Contemporary neurology series, 0069-9446 ; 81

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Myasthenia gravis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Myasthenia Gravis and Myasthenic Disorders, Second Edition is a thoroughly re-written and updated version of the highly successful first edition published in 1999. The current edition begins with an overview of the anatomy and molecular architecture of the neuromuscular junction and the electrophysiologic diagnosis of its disorders. The introductory chapters are followed by a detailed exposition of the pathogenesis, natural history, diagnosis and therapy of the autoimmune myasthenias, the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, and the increasingly complex and fascinating diseases collectively refe

Contents:

The anatomy and molecular architecture of the neuromuscular junction / Andrew G. Engel

Electrodiagnosis of myasthenic disorders / Michel Harper

The immunopathogenesis of myasthenia gravis / Reinhard Hohlfeld, Hartmut Wekerle, and Alexander Marx

Natural history of myasthenia gravis / Vladimir Luchanok and Henry J. Kaminski

The diagnosis of myasthenia gravis and other disorders of neuromuscular transmission / James F. Howard

Therapy of myasthenia gravis / Daniel B. Drachman

The Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome / Vern C. Juel and Donald B. Sanders

Congenital myasthenic syndromes / Andrew G. Engel ... [et al.]

End-plate acetylcholine receptor : a target for myasthenic disorders : structural and mechanistic essentials / Steven M. Sine and Andrew G. Engel

Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability syndromes / Srikanth Muppidi and Steven Vernino

Effects of antiganglioside antibodies at the neuromuscular junction / Jaap J. Plomp and Hugh J. Willison.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-932284-8

1-280-59569-8

9786613625526

0-19-993835-0

OCLC:

793996706