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Neuromuscular Disorders

Treatment and Management

  • 2nd Edition - June 29, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Tulio E. Bertorini
  • Language: English

Offering an authoritative, multidisciplinary approach to the complex issues associated with neuromuscular disease, Neuromuscular Disorders, 2nd Edition, provides the latest tools a… Read more

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Offering an authoritative, multidisciplinary approach to the complex issues associated with neuromuscular disease, Neuromuscular Disorders, 2nd Edition, provides the latest tools and strategies for minimizing disability and maximizing quality of life. Dr. Tulio Bertorini, an expert in clinical neuromuscular care, and a team of world-renowned contributors cover all management and therapeutic considerations regarding the full range of neuromuscular disorders and resulting complications.

Key features

  • Provides comprehensive coverage of evaluation and diagnosis, treatments, and outcomes, including the latest management tools and targeted therapeutic strategies.

  • Includes the latest updates in the field: genetic causes of hereditary disease, new autoimmune diseases, promising new therapies such as antisense oligonucleotides and gene therapies, and more.

  • Features numerous drug tables, treatment algorithms, and clinical images throughout to aid in diagnosis and treatment.

  • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Readership

Neurologists, Neurology Residents

Table of contents

Frontmatter

1 Introduction: Evaluation of Patients with Neuromuscular Disorders

2 Respiratory Complications in Neuromuscular Disorders

3 Cardiac Complications of Neuromuscular Disorders

4 Gastrointestinal Complications of Neuromuscular Disorders

5 Autonomic Dysfunction in Neuromuscular Disorders

6 A Practical Approach to the Treatment of Painful Polyneuropathies

7 Principles and Guidelines of Immunotherapy in Neuromuscular Disorders

8 Rehabilitation in Neuromuscular Disorders

9 Orthopedic Surgery in Neuromuscular Disorders

10 Perioperative Management of Patients with Neuromuscular Disorder

11 Molecular and Genetic Therapies

12 Treatment and Management of Adult Motor Neuron Diseases

13 Treatment and Management of Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Congenital Myopathies

14 Treatment and Management of Hereditary Neuropathies

15 Treatment and Management of Autoimmune Neuropathies

16 Treatment and Management of Infectious, Granulomatous, and Toxic Neuromuscular Disorders

17 Treatment and Management of Segmental Neuromuscular Disorders

18 Treatment and Management of Disorders of Neuromuscular Hyperexcitability and Periodic Paralysis

19 Treatment and Management of Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction

20 Treatment and Management of Muscular Dystrophies

21 Neuromuscular Manifestations of Acquired Metabolic, Endocrine, and Nutritional Disorders

22 Treatment and Management of Autoimmune Myopathies

23 Treatment and Management of Hereditary Metabolic Myopathies

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Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 3, 2021
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Tulio E. Bertorini

Dr. Bertorini is a Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis. He specializes in neuromuscular disease and is the director of the Memphis MDA Clinic and the Mid-South MDA/ALS Clinic. He is also the Chief of Neurology at Methodist University Hospital, Co-Director of their Neurology Training Program, and Co-Director of UTHSC’s Neurophysiology fellowship program. Dr. Bertorini has written/edited three books and several book chapters on neuromuscular disorders and has published over 150 papers on neuromuscular disorders. He has been very active in clinical research in Duchene Muscular Dystrophy and CINRG trials since its inception.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Neurology and Pathology, University of Tennessee, Center for Health Science Center, Memphis; Chief of Neurology, Methodist University Hospital; Director, Wesley Neurology Clinic and Muscular Dystrophy and ALS Clinic, Memphis, TN, USA

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