Neuromuscular disease : evidence and analysis in clinical neurology / Michael Benatar. — Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2006.—(64.142/B456)

Contents

    CONTENTS
    
    Preface
    PART I METHODOLOGY
    1 Basic Principles of Epidemiology and Biostatistics 3
    2 Diagnosis 13
    3 Treatment 21
    4 Prognosis
    PART II SPINAL CORD， ANTERIOR HORN CELL， AND NERVE ROOTS
    5 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    6 Cervical Spondylosis
    7 Lumbar Spondylosis
    PART III PERIPHERAL NERVE DISEASE
    8 Polyneuropathy
    9 Paraproteinemic Neuropathies
    10 Vasculitic Neuropathy
    11 Guillain-Barre Syndrome 185
    12 Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy 209
    13 Multifocal Motor Neuropathy 223
    14 Inherited Neuropathies 249
    15 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 277
    16 Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow 291
    PART IV NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDERS
    17 Myasthenia Gravis
    18 Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome PART V MUSCLE DISEASE
    19 Inflammatory Myopathy
    20 Idiopathic Hyper-CK-emia
    21 Statin-Induced Myopathy 389
    22 Metabolic Myopathy 397
    23 Critical Illness Weakness
    24 Myotonic Dystrophy
    25 Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy