BookCorrado Angelini, editor.
Contents:
Foreword
Introduction
Part I Diagnosis of acquired myopathies
Auto-Antibodies in Neuromuscular Disorders
Electromyography
Imaging of the Muscle
Peripheral Nerve Ultrasound
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Peripheral Nerve
Part II Clinical Entities
The Spectrum of Inflammatory Myopathies: Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Necrotizing Myositis and Inclusion Body Myositis
Necrotising Myopathy
Statin Myopathy
Myasthenia Gravis
Acquired Autoimmune Rippling Muscles with Myasthenia Gravis
Endocrinological Myopathies
Vitamin D deficiency in Muscle
Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness
Part III Neurogenic disorders
Idiopathic Chronic Immune-Mediated Neuropathies: Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy and Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
GBS Immune Neuropathies
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Epidemiology and Risk Factors
Paraneoplastic Diseases of the Peripheral Nervous System
Diabetic Neuropathy
Infectious Neuropathies
Toxic Neuropathies.