Evaluation and Treatment of Myopathies

This new edition of Evaluation and Treatment of Myopathies is written for the clinician who sees patients with muscle disease, or the patient with complaints pain or weakness of muscle. Like the original, this new edition is divided in to 3 primary sections: Approach to the Patient with Muscle Disease Specific Myopathies, and General Strategies of Clinical Management provides practical guidance on eliciting key history and on how to demonstrate findings on examination. This new edition also provides guidance on the next steps in diagnosisas well as the latest information on pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment, in an integrated manner, so as to give trainees, practicing clinicians and others who see neuromuscular disease, perspective on how to evaluate and care for patients. New and revised tables, figures and references are selected and organized to present information of clinical importance to provide the most up-to-date resource on the myopathies.

Robert C. Griggs, M.D., FAANChannelopathy & Muscle Study ProjectsUniversity of Rochester Medical Center265 Crittenden Blvd., Room 2101Rochester, New York 14642Phone: (585) 275-6072Fax: (585) 276-2056Emma Ciafaloni, MDDepartment of NeurologyUniversity of Rochester607 Elmwood AvenuePO BOX 673Rochester, NY 14642Patrick Francis CHINNERY Department of NeurologyThe University of Newcastle upon TyneThe Medical SchoolFramlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HHUK