Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kaminski, Henry J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Series: Current Clinical Neurology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-156-7

Advances in the study and understanding of myasthenia gravis have led to the need for the publication of this important new edition. The goal of Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders, Second Edition is identical to the first -- to provide the clinician and the scientist with a common resource for...

Table of Contents:

• Neuromuscular Junction Physiology and Pathophysiology
• Acetylcholine Receptor Structure
• Immunopathogenesis of Myasthenia Gravis
• Epidemiology and Genetics of Myasthenia Gravis
• Clinical Presentations of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
• Ocular Myasthenia
• Thymoma-Associated Myasthenia Gravis
• Electrodiagnosis of Neuromuscular Transmission and Related Disorders
• Autoantibody Testing in the Diagnosis and Management of Autoimmune Disorders of Neuromuscular Transmission and Related Diseases
• Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis
• Neurocritical Care of Myasthenic Crisis
• Thymectomy for Nonthymomatous Myasthenia Gravis
• Lambert-Eaton Syndrome
• Neuromyotonia and other Hyperexcitability Syndromes
• Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes
• Toxic Neuromuscular Transmission Disorders
• The Impact of Myasthenia Gravis on Mood, Cognitive Function, and Quality of Life
• Myasthenia gravis: Classification and Outcome Measurements.