Neuromuscular Diseases: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management

This new edition reflects the many important advances that have been made in understanding neuromuscular disorders since the first edition was published. Much new clinical and scientific material has been added, including information on genetic aspects of neuromuscular disease, quantitative EMG techniques, nerve plexus and root lesions, metabolic myopathies and neuropathies, and the myotonias. The cardiomyopathies associated with neuromuscular diseases are described in one of several new chapters. The book has been extensively revised and updated, and many new references and illustrations added. These changes serve to enhance the aims of the book, which remain unchanged from those of the first edition: namely, to bring together clinical, neurophysiological, pathological and other data in order to show their underlying relationships, and to provide a convenient source of practical and scientific information that will be useful not only in management but also in research.