Neuromuscular Junction Disorders, an Issue of Neurologic Clinics

Volume 36-2
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-323-58368-8
Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 423 g

This issue of Neurologic Clinics, edited by Dr. Mazen M. Dimachkie and Dr. Richard J. Barohn, focuses on Neuromuscular Junction Disorders. Topics include--but are not limited to--History of myasthenia gravis and neuromuscular junction disorders; Practical immunology of the neuromuscular junction; Practical anatomy of the neuromuscular junction in health and disease; Generalized myasthenia gravis; Ocular myasthenia gravis; Diagnosis of myasthenia gravis; MuSK and myasthenia gravis due to other autoantibodies; Treatment of myasthenia gravis; Evidenced-based approach of thymectomy for myasthenia gravis; Myasthenia gravis and pregnancy; Congenital myasthenic syndromes; Botulism; Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome; and Measuring clinical treatment response in myasthenia gravis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dimachkie, Mazen M

Barohn, Richard J

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Muskuloskelettales System, Bewegungsapparat

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Neuromuscular Junction Disorders - Table of Contents

Preface: Fifty Key Publications on Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders

Practical Anatomy of the Neuromuscular Junction in Health and Disease

Ocular Myasthenia

Generalized Myasthenia Gravis: Classification, Clinical Presentation, Natural History, and Epidemiology

Diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis

Muscle-Specific Tyrosine Kinase and Myasthenia Gravis Owing to Other Antibodies

Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis

Measuring Clinical Treatment Response in Myasthenia Gravis

An Update: Myasthenia Gravis and Pregnancy

Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes

Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome