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.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Practical Anatomy of the Neuromuscular Junction in Health and Disease - p. 231 9. Ocular Myasthenia - p. 241 10. Generalized Myasthenia Gravis: Classification, Clinical Presentation, Natural History, and Epidemiology - p. 253 11. Diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis - p. 261 12. Nature and Action of Antibodies in Myasthenia Gravis - p. 275 13. Muscle-Specific Tyrosine Kinase and Myasthenia Gravis Owing to Other Antibodies - p. 293 14. Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis - p. 311 15. Measuring Clinical Treatment Response in Myasthenia Gravis - p. 339 16. An Update: Myasthenia Gravis and Pregnancy - p. 355 17. Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes - p. 367 18. Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome - p. 379
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.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Practical Anatomy of the Neuromuscular Junction in Health and Disease - p. 231 9. Ocular Myasthenia - p. 241 10. Generalized Myasthenia Gravis: Classification, Clinical Presentation, Natural History, and Epidemiology - p. 253 11. Diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis - p. 261 12. Nature and Action of Antibodies in Myasthenia Gravis - p. 275 13. Muscle-Specific Tyrosine Kinase and Myasthenia Gravis Owing to Other Antibodies - p. 293 14. Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis - p. 311 15. Measuring Clinical Treatment Response in Myasthenia Gravis - p. 339 16. An Update: Myasthenia Gravis and Pregnancy - p. 355 17. Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes - p. 367 18. Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome - p. 379
