Atlas of Neuromuscular Diseases: a

From the contents: Introduction.- Tools and Investigations.- Central Nervous System.- Radiculopathies.- Plexopathies.- Mononeuropathies.- Polyneuropathies.- Neuromuscular Transmission: Muscle; Dystrophies; Structural Abnormalities; Inflammation; Ion Channel; Focal Myopathies.- MND/ALS.- Clinical Symptoms.- Differential Diagnosis.- Normal values.- References. Features - Easy access, uniformly structured chapters - Many figures (clinical pictures, anatomical drawings) - Critical evaluation of diagnostic tools and investigations The atlas contains a comprehensive outline of neuromuscular diseases, written by experienced American and European authors. It discusses all aspects of neuromuscular disorders including the cranial nerves, spinal nerves, motor neurone disease, the nerve plexus, and many others. Each chapter is uniformly structured into anatomy, symptoms, signs, pathogenetic possibilities, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, therapy and prognosis. Additionally, the diagnostic tools and investigations used in neuromuscular disease are explained and a practical guide is given on how to advance from symptoms to syndromes. For each disease the therapeutic options are described. It contains large number of clinical and histologic pictures and artists drawings.

E.L. Feldman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; W. Grisold, Kaiser Franz-Josef-Hospital, Vienna, Austria; J.W. Russell, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; U. Zifko, Rehabilitation Clinic, Bad Pirawarth, Austria