Disorders of Voluntary Muscle
Foreword by Lord Walton of Detchant
7th Edition
Published on 12. July 2001
Book
Hardback
790 pages
978-0-521-65062-5 (ISBN)
Description
The seventh edition of Disorders of Voluntary Muscle has been rewritten and redesigned with the needs of the clinician and clinical scientist in mind. It contains up-to-date information on the etiology and pathogenesis of diseases of skeletal muscles, including the mitochondrial myopathies, ion channel disorders, muscular dystrophies and dysimmune myopathies. It covers the many recently identified diseases of muscle, and emphasises the progress that has been made in diagnosis and treatment. As background to the clinical coverage, the new edition also has chapters summarizing advances in molecular and developmental biology, immunopathology, mitochondrial biology, ion-channel dynamics, cell membrane and signal transduction science, and imaging technology. Combining essential new knowledge with the fundamentals of history taking and clinical examination, this extensively illustrated book will continue to be the mainstay for practising physicians and biomedical scientists concerned with muscle disease.
Reviews / Votes
'Hands down, this book is the best current publication in its category. The seventh edition is well timed to capture the massive increase of information since the previous edition of 1994.' Doody's Review Service '... content and writing are excellent and the book is a pleasure to interrogate. It remains an essential library item.' C. M. Wiles, Brain 'For busy clinicians, the beautifully illustrated and clearly written figures in this edition make it easy to fully comprehend ... The book maintains a state-of-the-art ability to diagnose and treat diseases of skeletal muscle with a sufficient understanding of their scientific basis. This edition is truly a concise, but comprehensive text for scientists as well as clinicians.' Masfumi Matsuo, Pediatrics International 'Combining essential new knowledge with the fundamentals of history taking and clinical examination, and extensively illustrated, this book will continue to be the mainstay for practicing physicians and biomedical scientists concerned with muscle disease.' New Medical World Weekly '... a clear and up-to-date account of what has been discovered since 1994 and of what still remains as the essential core of clinical myology ... The book is recommended for the clinical neurologist, medical students, and anyone who has a more than passing interest in muscle diseases.' Duygu Selcen and Andrew G. Engel, Neurology 'It is clearly written and very well structured. Its characteristics make the textbook easy to consult ... a superb asset for a hospital or university library, where its readability and clarity of text throughout and its extensive coverage will make it a valuable contribution for those with an infrequent requirement for detailed knowledge.' Clinical Rheumatology 'The clinical chapters are general excellent with clear user-friendly descriptions of the clinical features, genetics, histology and prognosis of each condition... this is an excellent book that is a worthy successor to previous editions.' Marguerite Hill, Journal of NeurologyMore details
Edition
7th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
96 Tables, unspecified; 7 Plates, color; 198 Halftones, unspecified; 104 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 282 mm
Width: 227 mm
Thickness: 53 mm
Weight
3135 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-65062-5 (9780521650625)
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George Karpati | David Hilton-Jones | Kate Bushby
Disorders of Voluntary Muscle
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01/2010
8th Edition
Cambridge University Press
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Content
Foreword Lord Walton of Detchant; Preface; Part I. Scientific Basis of Muscle Disease: 1. The structure and function of motor units Robert E. Burke; 2. Developmental biology of skeletal muscle Jeffrey B. Miller; 3. The molecular and cellular biology of muscle Susan C. Brown, Frank S. Walsh and George Dickson; 4. The molecular basis of muscle disease Louise V. B. Anderson; 5. Mitochondria Eric A. Shoubridge; 6. The sarcotubular system Kimby N. Barton and David H. MacLennan; 7. The extracellular matrix of skeletal muscle Paul C. Holland and Salvatore Carbonetto; 8. Aspects of skeletal muscle biochemistry in health and disease John M. Land; 9. The neuromuscular junction and neuromuscular transmission Angela Vincent; 10. The pathophysiology of excitation in skeletal muscle Robert L. Barchi; 11. Animal models of human muscle disease Barry J. Cooper; Part II. Methods of Investigation of Muscle Disease: 12. Applied physiology of muscle Eric L. Logigian and Richard L. Barbano; 13. Histochemistry and immunocytochemistry of muscle in health and disease Caroline A. Sewry and Victor Dubowitz; 14. Muscle pathology on semithin resin sections Stirling Carpenter; 15. Electron microscopy in the study of normal and diseased muscle Stirling Carpenter; 16. Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy of muscle D. J. Taylor, J. L. Fleckenstein and R. Lodi; Part III. Description of Muscle Disease: 17. The examination and investigation of the patient with muscle disease David Hilton-Jones and John T. Kissel; 18. The classification of muscle diseases Michael H. Brooke; 19. Dystrophinopathies Eric P. Hoffman; 20. Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies Jean-Claude Kaplan, Jacques S. Beckmann and Michel Fardeau; 21. Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy Rabi Tawil and Robert C. Griggs; 22. Distal myopathies Richard J. Barohn and Robert C. Griggs; 23. Emery-Dreifuss dystrophy Kiichi Arahata; 24. Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy Bernard Brais; 25. Congenital muscular dystrophies Thomas Voit; 26. Congenital myopathies Hans H. Goebel; 27. Myotonic dystrophy Peter S. Harper; 28. The metabolic myopathies Richard T. Moxley III, Patrick Chinnery and Douglas Turnbull; 29. Oxidative phosphorylation diseases of muscle John M. Shoffner and Eric Shoubridge; 30. Ion channel disorders of muscle Louis J. Ptacek and Said Bendahhou; 31. Inflammatory myopathies Marinos C. Dalakos and George Karpati; 32. Myasthenia gravis and myasthenic syndromes: autoimmune and genetic disorders John Newsom-Davis and David Beeson; 33. Toxic and iatrogenic myopathies and neuromuscular transmission disorders Zohar Argov, Henry J. Kaminski, Ali Al-Mudallal and Robert L. Ruff; 34. Painful muscle syndromes Russell Lane; Part IV. The Principles of Management of Muscle Disease: 35. Genetic counselling in muscle disease K. Bushby; 36. The principles of treatment, prevention and rehabilitation: perspectives on future treatment Giovanni Meola, George Karpati and R. C. Griggs; Index.