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- Editors:
- Lan Zhou
Departments of Neurology and Pathology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, USA
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- Dennis K. Burns
Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Section, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
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- Chunyu Cai
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
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- Provides a practical overview of neuromuscular pathology - muscle, nerve and skin biopsies and biopsy interpretation
- Offers neurologists and trainees useful clinical and pathology pearls to facilitate their learning of neuromuscular pathology and management of a variety of myopathies and neuropathies
- Features a variety of educational cases that demonstrate biopsy utilities, clinical and pathological correlations, and individual disease management
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A Case-Based Guide to Neuromuscular Pathology will function as an indispensable reference for neurologists and pathologists looking to understand the utility of muscle, nerve, andskin biopsies. This book will also aid neurology residents, neuromuscular fellows and neuropathology fellows in preparing for questions related to the muscle and nerve pathology in their in-service and board exams.
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Table of contents (42 chapters)
Front Matter
Pages i-xivIntroduction to Neuromuscular Pathology Evaluation
Front Matter
Pages 1-1
Myopathy Cases
Front Matter
Pages 89-89A 20-Year-Old Man with Acute Multi-organ Failure and Rhabdomyolysis
- Lan Zhou, Susan C. Shin
Pages 91-95A 45-Year-Old Woman with Proximal Limb Weakness and Skin Peeling on Fingertips
- Lan Zhou, Susan C. Shin, Chunyu Cai
Pages 97-108A 53-Year-Old Woman with Proximal Limb Weakness and Marked CK Elevation
- Lan Zhou, Chunyu Cai
Pages 121-129A 33-Year-Old Woman with Pain and Swelling in the Right Calf and Persistent Fever
- Lan Zhou, Laura K. Stein, Susan C. Shin
Pages 145-149A 28-Year-Old Woman with Proximal Limb Weakness and Scapular Winging
- Rahul Abhyankar, Chunyu Cai, Jaya R. Trivedi
Pages 151-157A 52-Year-Old Man with Proximal Limb Weakness and Hand Stiffness
- Lan Zhou, Susan C. Shin
Pages 159-166A 58-Year-Old Man with Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure
- Lan Zhou, Patrick Kwon, Susan C. Shin
Pages 195-202
Editors and Affiliations
Departments of Neurology and Pathology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, USA
Lan Zhou
Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Section, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
Dennis K. Burns
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
Chunyu Cai
About the editors
Departments of Neurology and Pathology
Boston University Medical Center
Boston, MA
USA
Dennis K. Burns, MD
Department of Pathology
Neuropathology Section
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
USA
Chunyu Cai, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title:A Case-Based Guide to Neuromuscular Pathology
Editors:Lan Zhou, Dennis K. Burns, Chunyu Cai
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25682-1
Publisher:Springer Cham
eBook Packages:Medicine,Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information:Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN:978-3-030-25681-4Published: 07 November 2019
eBook ISBN:978-3-030-25682-1Published: 24 October 2019
Edition Number:1
Number of Pages:XIV, 408
Number of Illustrations:3 b/w illustrations, 96 illustrations in colour
Topics:Neurology,Pathology,Rheumatology