Table of Contents
Section 1: Approach to the patient1. Eliciting the history, David Hilton-Jones and Martin R. Turner2. Genetic considerations, David Hilton-Jones and Martin R. Turner3. Examination, David Hilton-Jones and Martin R. TurnerSection 2: Anterior Horn4. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Kevin Talbot and Martin R. Turner5. Spinal muscular atrophy and hereditary motor neuropathy, Dirk Baumer and Kevin Talbot6. Kennedy's disease, Kenneth Fischbeck and Christopher Grunseich7. Poliomyelitis, Robin S. HowardSection 3: Peripheral Nerve: Inherited8. Charcot Marie Tooth disease, Mary Reilly and Alex Rossor9. Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies, Michaela Auer-Grumbach10. Familial amyloid polyneuropathy, Violaine Plante-Bordeneuve11. Inherited metabolic neuropathies, Lionel GinsbergSection 4: Peripheral Nerve: Acquired12. Mononeuropathies, Neil G Simon and Matthew C Kiernan13. Multiple mononeuropathies, J Gareth Llewelyn and Eleanor A Marsh14. Plexopathy, David LH Bennett and Mohamed Mahdi-Rogers15. Polyneuropathies: Axonal, Camiel Verhamme and Ivo N van Schaik16. Polyneuropathies: Demyelinating, Pieter A van Doorn and Judith Drenthen17. Diabetic neuropathy, Stephen A Goutman, Andrea L. Smith, Stacey A. Sakowski, and Eva L. Feldman18. Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability disorders, David Hilton-JonesSection 5: Neuromuscular Junction: Inherited and Acquired19. Inherited myasthenic syndromes, Jackie Palace and Sarah Finlayson20. Myasthenia gravis, Saiju Jacob, Stuart Viegas, and David Hilton-Jones21. The Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, Maarten J. Titulaer and Jan J G M VerschuurenSection 6: Muscle22. The dystrophinopathies, Kevin M. Flanagan23. Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies, Fiona Norwood and Kate Bushby24. The congenital muscular dystrophies, Emma Clement and Heinz Jungbluth25. The myotonic dystrophies, David Hilton-Jones and Chris Turner26. FSH dystrophy, Baziel Van Engelen, Elly van der Kooi, and Silvere van der Maarel27. Distal myopathies and myofibrillar myopathies, Bjarne Udd28. Congenital/ultrastructural myopathies, Gianina Ravenscroft, Nigel F. Clarke, and Nigel G. Liang29. Metabolic myopathies, John Vissing and Mette Orngreen30. Mitochondrial cytopathies, Gerald Pfeffer and Patrick F. Chinnery31. Skeletal muscle channelopathies, Emma Matthews and Michael G. Hanna32. Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, Marianne de Visser and Anneke J. van der Kooi33. Drug-induced neuromuscular disorders, Zohar Argov34. Endocrine myopathies, Merrilee Needham and Frank MastagliaSection 7: Acute neuromuscular consults35. The neuromuscular emergency consult, Peter Connick and Maxwell S. Damian36. Critical care of neuromuscular disorders, Maxwell S Damian