Neuromuscular Disease : Case Studies from Queen Square /: Case Studies from Queen Square. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Hadi Manji, Chris Turner, Matthew R.B. Evans.
• Editors: Manji, Hadi; Turner, Chris, 1971-; Evans, Matthew R. B
• Other Names: École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)
• 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 an acute 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.
• Publisher Details: London : Springer London Imprint Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (XXVI, 239 pages 47 illustrations, 9 illustrations in color.)
• Subjects: 616.8; Medicine; Neurology; Neuromuscular diseases -- Case studies; Neuromuscular diseases -- Diagnosis -- Case studies; Medicine; Neurology; Medical -- Neurology; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1447123891; 9781447123897; 9781447123880; 1447123883
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Print version record.
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