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Elsevier Neuromuscular Junction Disorders An Issue of Neurologic Clinics 1st Edition by Dimachkie, Mazen
This issue of Neurologic Clinics, edited by Dr. Mazen M. Dimachkie and Dr. Richard J. Barohn, focuses on Neuromuscular Junction Disorders. Topics include--but are not limited to--History of myasthenia gravis and neuromuscular junction disorders; Practical immunology of the neuromuscular junction; Practical anatomy of the neuromuscular junction in health and disease; Generalized myasthenia gravis; Ocular myasthenia gravis; Diagnosis of myasthenia gravis; MuSK and myasthenia gravis due to other autoantibodies; Treatment of myasthenia gravis; Evidenced-based approach of thymectomy for myasthenia gravis; Myasthenia gravis and pregnancy; Congenital myasthenic syndromes; Botulism; Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome; and Measuring clinical treatment response in myasthenia gravis. Neuromuscular Junction Disorders - Table of ContentsPreface: Fifty Key Publications on Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders Practical Anatomy of the Neuromuscular Junction in Health and Disease Ocular Myasthenia Generalized Myasthenia Gravis: Classification, Clinical Presentation, Natural History, and EpidemiologyDiagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis Muscle-Specific Tyrosine Kinase and Myasthenia Gravis Owing to Other AntibodiesTreatment of Myasthenia GravisMeasuring Clinical Treatment Response in Myasthenia GravisAn Update: Myasthenia Gravis and PregnancyCongenital Myasthenic SyndromesLambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome