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Muscle Biopsy: A Practical Approach
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- 4th Edition - February 8, 2013
- Authors: Victor Dubowitz, Caroline A. Sewry, Anders Oldfors
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 4 3 4 0 - 6
2014 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Pathology category! Muscle Biopsy: A Practical Approach gives you all of the unparalleled guidance necessary to effective… Read more
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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, 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
"Overall, this is a well written and comprehensive textbook of muscle pathology that will be of invaluable assistance to laboratories reporting muscle pathology" Reviewed by The Bulletin of The Royal College of Pathologists, Jan 2015
Section 1 The Biopsy: Normal and Diseased Muscle1. The procedure of muscle biopsy2. Histological and histochemical stains and reactions3. Normal muscle4. Definition of pathological changes seen in muscle biopsies5. Ultrastructural changes in diseased muscle6. Immunohistochemistry 7. How to read a biopsySection 2 Pathological Muscle: Individual Diseases8. Classification of neuromuscular disorders9. Neurogenic disorders10. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders I: Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy11. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders II: limb-girdle muscular dystrophies12. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders III: congenital muscular dystrophies13. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders IV: Emeryƒ{Driefuss muscular dystrophies and Bethlem myopathy14. Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders V: facioscapulohumeral dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy, oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy15. Congenital myopathies16. Myofibrillar myopathies17. Metabolic myopathies I: glycogenoses18. Metabolic myopathies II: lipid related disorders and mitochondrial myopathies19. Endocrine disorders20. Ion channel disorders21. Myasthenic syndromes22. Inflammatory myopathies23. Toxic and drug-induced myopathies Russell Lane, Charing Cross HospitalAppendix 1. Glossary of commonly used termsReferencesIndex
- No. of pages: 592
- Language: English
- Edition: 4
- Published: February 8, 2013
- Imprint: Saunders Ltd.
- Hardback ISBN: 9780702043406
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Victor Dubowitz
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics
Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre
Institute of Child Health
London, UKCS
Caroline A. Sewry
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Muscle Pathology
Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre
Institute of Child Health/Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
London, UK;
Wolfson Centre for Inherited Neuromuscular Diseases
Department of Musculoskeletal Pathology
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital
Oswestry, UKAO
Anders Oldfors
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Pathology
Sahlgrenska Academy
University of Gothenburg
Gothenburg, SwedenRead Muscle Biopsy: A Practical Approach on ScienceDirect