Evaluation and Treatment of Myopathies: 87 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0199873933 ISBN 13: 9780199873937

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2014

Riassunto

This new edition of Evaluation and Treatment of Myopathies is written for the clinician who sees patients with muscle disease, or the patient with complaints pain or weakness of muscle. Like the original, this new edition is divided in to 3 primary sections: Approach to the Patient with Muscle Disease Specific Myopathies, and General Strategies of Clinical Management provides practical guidance on eliciting key history and on how to demonstrate findings on examination. This new edition also provides guidance on the next steps in diagnosisas well as the latest information on pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment, in an integrated manner, so as to give trainees, practicing clinicians and others who see neuromuscular disease, perspective on how to evaluate and care for patients. New and revised tables, figures and references are selected and organized to present information of clinical importance to provide the most up-to-date resource on the myopathies.

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L'autore:

Emma Ciafaloni, MD is the Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Neurology, Rochester, New York. Patrick F. Chinnery, FRCP, FMedSci is the Director at the Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Robert C. Griggs, MD is the Professor of Neurology, Medicine, Pediatrics, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, at the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Neurology, Rochester, New York.

Contenuti:

• 1. Structure and Function of Normal Muscle
• 2. Evaluation of the Patient with Myopathy
• 3. Genetic Evaluation of the Patient and Family
• 4. The Muscular Dystrophies
• 5. Myofibrillar Myopathies
• 6. Congenital Myopathies
• 7. Metabolic Myopathies
• 8. Mitochondrial Myopathies
• 9. Muscle Channelopathies
• 10. Inflammatory Myopathies
• 11. Myopathies of Systemic Disease
• 12. Muscle Pain and Fatigue
• 13. Prevention and Management of Systemic Complications of Myopathies

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0199873933
• ISBN 13: 9780199873937
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 384
• Redattore: Ciafaloni MD Emma, Chinnery FRCP FMedSci Patrick F., Griggs MD Robert C.