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Neuromuscular Junction Disorders, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics

  • 1st Edition, Volume 36-2 - April 18, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Mazen M. Dimachkie, Richard J Barohn
  • Language: English

This issue of Neurologic Clinics, edited by Dr. Mazen M. Dimachkie and Dr. Richard J. Barohn, focuses on Neuromuscular Junction Disorders. Topics include--but are not limited… Read more

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This issue of Neurologic Clinics, edited by Dr. Mazen M. Dimachkie and Dr. Richard J. Barohn, focuses on Neuromuscular Junction Disorders. Topics include--but are not limited to--History of myasthenia gravis and neuromuscular junction disorders; Practical immunology of the neuromuscular junction; Practical anatomy of the neuromuscular junction in health and disease; Generalized myasthenia gravis; Ocular myasthenia gravis; Diagnosis of myasthenia gravis; MuSK and myasthenia gravis due to other autoantibodies; Treatment of myasthenia gravis; Evidenced-based approach of thymectomy for myasthenia gravis; Myasthenia gravis and pregnancy; Congenital myasthenic syndromes; Botulism; Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome; and Measuring clinical treatment response in myasthenia gravis.

Table of contents

Preface: Fifty Key Publications on Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders

Practical Anatomy of the Neuromuscular Junction in Health and Disease

Ocular Myasthenia

Generalized Myasthenia Gravis: Classification, Clinical Presentation, Natural History, and Epidemiology

Diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis

Muscle-Specific Tyrosine Kinase and Myasthenia Gravis Owing to Other Antibodies

Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis

Measuring Clinical Treatment Response in Myasthenia Gravis

An Update: Myasthenia Gravis and Pregnancy

Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes

Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndro

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 36-2
  • Published: April 18, 2018
  • Language: English

About the authors

MD

Mazen M. Dimachkie

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Neurology Executive Vice Chairman, Dept of Neurology Director, Neuromuscular Division University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City, KS, USA

RB

Richard J Barohn

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center