Neuromuscular Disease Case Studies from Queen Square
This book provides an accessible guide to neuromuscular disorders using case scenarios from the world-renowned MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases at the National Hospital, Queen Square, London, UK. Fifty genetic and acquired disorders are presented in a practical, easy-to-read format, including t...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Springer London
2017.
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| Colección: | Springer eBooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35687423*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Section 1: Peripheral nerve, neuromuscular junction and motor neuron disorders
- A woman who could not wear high heels
- Rare as rocking horse droppings…- A lady with ataxia – an example of Hickam’s Dictum
- A lady with tremor not due to Parkinson’s disease
- A makeup artist with Crohn’s disease
- Not a laughing matter
- Leg swelling and painful feet in a business man
- A man with back pain and weight loss
- A man with progressive weakness and muscle twitching
- A woman with burning hands
- Another case of unsteadiness
- A young man with blurred vision and foot drop
- Progressive motor weakness in a Somalian man
- A man with a pacemaker develops difficulty walking
- Cramps, weakness and fasciculations
- A lady with weakness since childhood
- A man with an insidious, painful mononeuropathy
- A lady with head drop
- The dangers of home preserved vegetables
- A man with a dry mouth and weakness
- A man with difficulty chewing gum and an ominous family history
- A patient with an acute syndrome, recovers and represents years later
- A man with recurrent chest infections
- A medical student with episodes of weakness and sensory disturbance
- Weakness in an Indian man
- A man with episodes of shoulder pain and a weak arm
- A man with painful feet and hand ulcers
- A psychologist with wrist drop
- Section 2: Muscle disorders
- Longstanding drooping eyelids
- Drooping eyelids PLUS
- Neither one nor the other
- When is myotonia not caused by myotonic dystrophy?
- Myotonia and paralysis-two syndromes, one diagnosis
- Typical phenotype, MRI and histology
- Atypical phenotype, MRI and histology
- A multisystem muscle disorder needs monitoring
- The less aggressive and less common cousin
- A common cause of progressive proximal weakness..
- ... and the other common cause
- A treatable systemic muscle disease
- A blood vessel disease causing weakness
- Antibody-mediated muscle disease?
- When the wind comes back
- When the wind does not come back
- Paralysis is only a part of the problem
- zBack to the basicsy-never forget to look at the back
- Is it time to take the heat out of the problem?
- Praying for an answer can be helpful
- Neuromuscular junction dysfunction is not always myasthenic
- Carrying shopping can be difficult, especially for men.
