Muscle Biopsy: A Practical Approach, 4th Edition - Expert Consult; Online and Print [Dubowitz - Elsevier Science]

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- ISBN/EAN
- 9780702043406
- Editore
- Elsevier Science
- Formato
- Brossura
- Anno
- 2013
- Edizione
- 4
- Pagine
- 544
Disponibile
219,00 €
Muscle Biopsy: A Practical Approach gives you all of the unparalleled guidance necessary to effectively interpret and diagnose muscle biopsy specimens for the full range of diseases in both adults and children. Authored by Dr. Victor Dubowitz, an internationally renowned figure in the field of muscle disease, this medical reference book takes an integrated approach to diagnosis and assessment of muscle biopsies that includes clinical, genetic, biochemical, and pathological features. It's the comprehensive, up-to-date coverage you need to evaluate muscle disorders with confidence.
Key Features
Bridge the gap between clinical syndromes/disorders and their underlying pathologies with the guidance of muscle disease expert, Dr. Victor Dubowitz, who skillfully guides you through the complexities of pathologic diagnoses and their implications for clinical treatment.
Understand and apply expert techniques for obtaining a muscle biopsy, and familiarize yourself with the histochemical, histological, electron microscopical, and molecular appearance of normal muscle and the pathology of individual muscle disease.
Read the entire contents and download all of the images online at Expert Consult.
Maggiori Informazioni
Autore | Dubowitz Victor; Sewry Caroline; Oldfors Anders |
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Editore | Elsevier Science |
Anno | 2013 |
Tipologia | Libro |
Lingua | Inglese |
Indice | Section 1 The Biopsy: Normal and Diseased Muscle 1. The procedure of muscle biopsy 2. Histological and histochemical stains and reactions 3. Normal muscle 4. Definition of pathological changes seen in muscle biopsies 5. Ultrastructural changes in diseased muscle 6. Immunohistochemistry 7. How to read a biopsy Section 2 Pathological Muscle: Individual Diseases 8. Classification of neuromuscular disorders 9. Neurogenic disorders 10. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders I: Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy 11. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders II: limb-girdle muscular dystrophies 12. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders III: congenital muscular dystrophies 13. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders IV: Emery?{Driefuss muscular dystrophies and Bethlem myopathy 14. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders V: facioscapulohumeral dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy, oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy 15. Congenital myopathies 16. Myofibrillar myopathies 17. Metabolic myopathies I: glycogenoses 18. Metabolic myopathies II: lipid related disorders and mitochondrial myopathies 19. Endocrine disorders 20. Ion channel disorders 21. Myasthenic syndromes 22. Inflammatory myopathies 23. Toxic and drug-induced myopathies Russell Lane, Charing Cross Hospital Appendix 1. Glossary of commonly used terms References Index |
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