Muscle Biopsy 3/e

In this book, Professor Victor Dubowitz manages to bridge the gap between clinical syndromes/disorders and their underlying pathologies. An internationally renowned figure in the field of muscle disease, Professor Dubowitz skillfully guides you through the complexities of pathologic diagnoses and their implications for clinical treatment. This reference describes the techniques of obtaining a muscle biopsy and examines the histochemical, histological, electron microscopical and molecular appearance of normal muscle and the pathology of individual muscle disease.
New to this edition

* Presents all the latest techniques in molecular diagnosis and immunocytochemistry as they apply to individual disorders.
* Includes high-quality, full-color illustrations throughout the book.
* Incorporates tables, summary charts, and boxes to provide a user-friendly, accessible format.

By Victor Dubowitz, BSc, MD, PhD, FRCP, DCH, Professor of Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK; and Caroline A. Sewry, BSc, PhD, FRCPath, Professor of Muscle Pathology, Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK; Centre for Inherited Neuromuscular Disorders, Department of Histopathology, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, UK

Table of Contents:
Section 1 The Biopsy: Normal and Diseased Muscle

1. The procedure of muscle biopsy

2. Histological and histochemical stains and reactions

3. Normal muscle

4. Definition of pathological changes seen in muscle biopsies

5. Ultrastructural changes in diseased muscle

6. Immunohistochemistry

7. How to read a biopsy

Section 2 Pathological Muscle: Individual Diseases

8. Classification of neuromuscular disorders

9. Neurogenic disorders

10. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders I: Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy

11. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders II: limb-girdle muscular dystrophies

12. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders III: congenital muscular dystrophies

13. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders IV: Emeryƒ{Driefuss muscular dystrophies and Bethlem myopathy

14. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders V: facioscapulohumeral dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy, oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

15. Congenital myopathies

16. Myofibrillar myopathies

17. Metabolic myopathies I: glycogenoses

18. Metabolic myopathies II: lipid related disorders and mitochondrial myopathies

19. Endocrine disorders

20. Ion channel disorders

21. Myasthenic syndromes

22. Inflammatory myopathies

23. Toxic and drug-induced myopathies
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Appendix 1. Glossary of commonly used terms

References