NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 788 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Edition: 1st Edition May 6, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0071416129
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0071416122
• Book Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 1.5 inches
• Weighs: 5.4 pounds

Product Description


Everything you need to know about neuromuscular disease--in one concise, full-color volume

"this book will become an indispensable resource for clinicians involved in the diagnosis and management of patients with neuromuscular diseases, as well as for scientists working on the nature and pathogenesis of these disorders. It is a much-needed and welcome addition to the neurological literature and will rapidly gain acceptance as a standard work of reference."--Michael J. Aminoff, MD, DSc, FRCP, (from the foreword)

Neuromuscular Disorders is comprehensive in scope, yet concise enough to serve as a valuable point-of-care guide for your day-to-day clinical practice. Grounded by numerous reference sources and enhanced by the experience of two seasoned clinicians, this text provides a pragmatic approach to the evaluation and management of neuromuscular disease. Here, in a single source, you'll get an insightful look at both nerve and muscle conditions, ranging from motor neuron diseases to neuropathies, neuromuscular junction disorders, and myopathies.

The book opens with the clinical and laboratory approach to patients with neuromuscular disease, covering electrodiagnostic testing, nerve conduction studies, and muscle and nerve histopathology. With an emphasis on effective diagnosis and treatment, the substance of the text looks at the full spectrum of specific neuromuscular diseases, giving you the “big picture” of the discipline in a way that no other text can match.

FEATURES:

• Convenient coverage of both nerve, muscle and neuromuscular transmission disorders--both primary and secondary neuromuscular diseases
• Specific disease sections encompass the range of conditions likely to be encountered in clinical practice, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, radiculopathies and plexopathies, mononeuropathies, various polyneuropathies, toxic myopathies, and dozens more
• The very latest diagnosis and treatment recommendations and protocols based on the most recent clinical literature and research
• Well-illustrated with EMGs, histopathology, and clinical photos

About The Author


Anthony A. Amato, M.D. is Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, and Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Dr. Amato is the head of the joint neuromuscular disease laboratories for the Harvard teaching hospitals (MGH, Brigham, Beth Israel-Deaconess) and a sub-chairman of the neuromuscular diseases section for the American Academy of Neurology.

James A. Russell, D.O. is Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology, Tufts University School of Medicine; and Vice Chairman, Department of Neurology and Director, EMG Laboratory, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA.

Reader Reviews
NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS Like the first reviewer, I purchased this book to help me organize my study for the new ABPN Neuromuscular Medicine boards. I think it is helping me do that. The book is well organized, fairly comprehensive and reasonably easy to read. It is not as good as Katirji, for instance. I think that is because two authors can't possibly be experts on every aspect of neuromuscular medicine. Despite that, it was a good effort for just two authors. I think the next edition will likely be better. My biggest beef was the editing. It is the most awful editing job I have ever seen in a medical text. Grammatical and spelling errors, omitted words, extra words, runned-together words, etc. In reading about 2/3 of the book so far I am easily into hundreds of errors. This is embarrassingly careless for McGraw-Hill and I wonder if they were pushing a deadline or something. Frankly, the errors are so frequent and annoying that it became somewhat distracting to read this book.