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Author:   Hadi Manji ,  Chris Turner ,  Matthew R. B. Evans
Publisher:   Springer London Ltd
Imprint:   Springer London Ltd
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.559kg
ISBN:  

9781447123880

ISBN 10:   1447123883
Pages:   239
Publication Date:   29 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

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 anacute 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.- “Back to the basics”-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.

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Hadi Manji MA MD FRCP, Chris Turner FRCP PhD, Matthew R. B. Evans MBBS MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London

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