Muscle Biopsy: A Practical Approach

Muscle Biopsy: A Practical Approach gives you all of the unparalleled guidance necessary to effectively interpret and diagnose muscle biopsy specimens for the full range of diseases in both adults and children. Authored by Dr. Victor Dubowitz, an internationally renowned figure in the field of muscle disease, this medical reference book takes an integrated approach to diagnosis and assessment of muscle biopsies that includes clinical, genetic, biochemical, and pathological features. It's the comprehensive, up-to-date coverage you need to evaluate muscle disorders with confidence. INDICE: Section 1 The Biopsy: Normal and Diseased Muscle1. The procedure of muscle biopsy2. Histological and histochemical stains and reactions3. Normal muscle4. Definition of pathological changes seen in muscle biopsies5. Ultrastructural changes in diseased muscle6. Immunohistochemistry 7. How to read a biopsySection 2 Pathological Muscle: Individual Diseases8. Classification of neuromuscular disorders9. Neurogenic disorders10. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders I: Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy11. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders II: limb-girdle muscular dystrophies12. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders III: congenital muscular dystrophies13. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders IV: Emeryf{Driefuss muscular dystrophies and Bethlem myopathy14. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders V: facioscapulohumeral dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy, oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy15. Congenital myopathies16. Myofibrillar myopathies17. Metabolic myopathies I: glycogenoses18. Metabolic myopathies II: lipid related disorders and mitochondrial myopathies19. Endocrine disorders20. Ion channel disorders21. Myasthenic syndromes22. Inflammatory myopathies23. Toxic and drug-induced myopathies Russell Lane, Charing Cross HospitalAppendix 1. Glossary of commonly used termsReferencesIndex

• ISBN: 978-0-7020-4340-6
• Editorial: Saunders Ltd.
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 592
• Fecha Publicación: 05/04/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés