Rabi N. Tawil, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.Shannon Venance, MD, PhD, FRCPCP, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

• Contributor List viii Acknowledgment xSeries Foreword xiPreface xii1 Neuromuscular Diseases: Approach to Clinical Diagnosis 1Shannon Venance and Rabi Tawilpart i myopathies2 Approach to Diseases of Muscle 9Matthew P. Wicklund3 Inflammatory Myopathies 15Steven A. Greenberg4 Toxic Myopathies 22Steven K. Baker5 Metabolic Myopathies 30Ingrid Tein6 Mitochondrial Myopathies 42Michio Hirano, Valentina Emmanuele, and Catarina M. Quinzii7 Dystrophinopathies 51Shannon L. Venance8 Limb–Girdle Dystrophies 57Michela Guglieri and Kate Bushby9 Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy 74Constantine Farmakidis and Rabi Tawil10 Myotonic Dystrophies 80Nicholas Johnson and Chad R. Heatwole11 Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy 87Annie Dionne and Jean-Pierre Bouchard12 Distal Myopathies 91Bjarne Udd13 Muscle Channelopathies 96James Burge and Michael G. Hanna14 Congenital Myopathies 103Nigel Clarke and Kathryn Northpart ii disorders of the neuromuscular junction15 Approach to Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction 113Donald B. Sanders16 Myasthenia Gravis 118Michael K. Hehir and Emma Ciafaloni17 Botulism 126Nikhil Balakrishnan and Matthew N. Meriggioli18 Lambert–Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome 134Michael W. Nicolle19 Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes 142Andrew G. Engelpart iii disorders of peripheral nerve20 Approach to Diagnosis of Peripheral Nerve Disease 153James C. Cleland and Eric L. Logigian21 Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathies (Charcot–Marie–Tooth Disease) 162Araya Puwanant and David N. Herrmann22 Diabetic Neuropathies 170Douglas W. Zochodne23 Toxic and Metabolic Neuropathies 177Kurt Kimpinski24 Acute Infl ammatory Demyelinating Neuropathies and Variants 183Mazen M. Dimachkie and Richard J. Barohn25 Chronic Immune-mediated Demyelinating Polyneuropathies 190Agnes Jani-Acsadi and Richard A. Lewis26 Vasculitic Neuropathies 198W. David Arnold and John T. Kissel27 Paraneoplastic Neuropathies 204Pariwat Thaisetthawatkul28 Brachial and Lumbosacral Plexopathies 210Kristine M. Chapman and Amanda Sherwinpart iv disorders of motor neurons29 Approach to Diseases of the Motor Neurons 223Christen Shoesmith30 Spinal Muscular Atrophy 229Jacqueline Montes and Petra Kaufmann31 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 236Amy Chen and Hiroshi Mitsumoto32 Neuromuscular Disorders in the Intensive Care Unit 243Maxwell S. Damian and David Hilton-JonesIndex 249The colour plate section can be found facing page 228.

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