xi, 310 pages 2 unnumbered pages of color plates :
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illustrations ;
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26 cm.
SERIES
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Current clinical neurology
GENERAL NOTES
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Previous ed.: 2003.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Neuromuscular junction physiology and pathophysiology / Eroboghene E. Ubogu and Robert L. Ruff -- Acetylcholine receptor structure / Jon M. Lindstrom -- Immunopathogenesis of myasthenia gravis / Bianca M. Conti-Fine ... [et al.] -- Epidemiology and genetics of myasthenia gravis / Jeremiah W. Lanford, Lawrence H. Phillips -- Clinical presentation and epidemiology of myasthenia gravis / Jan B.M. Kuks -- Ocular myasthenia / Robert B. Daroff and Michael Benatar -- Thymoma-associated paraneoplastic myasthenia gravis / Philipp Ströbel, Wen-Yu Chuang, and Alexander Marx -- Electrodiagnosis of neuromuscular junction disorders / Bashar Katirji -- Autoantibody testing in the diagnosis and management of autoimmune disorders of neuromuscular transmission and related diseases / Mark A. Agius, David P. Richman, and Angela Vincent -- Treatment of myasthenia gravis / Henry J. Kaminski -- Neurocritical care of myasthenic crisis / J. Americo Fernandes Filho and Jose I. Suarez -- Thymectomy for non-thymomatous MG / Alfred Jaretzki III and Joshua R. Sonett -- Lambert-Eaton syndrome / Charles M. Harper, Vanda A. Lennon -- Acquired neuromyotonia -- Angela Vincent and Ian Hart -- Congenital myasthenic syndromes / David Beeson -- Toxic neuromuscular transmission disorders / James F. Howard, Jr. -- The impact of myasthenia gravis on mood, cognitive function, and quality of life / Robert H. Paul, Larry L. Mullins, and James M. Gilchrist -- Myasthenia gravis : classification and outcome measurements / Gil I. Wolfe and Richard J. Barohn.