DIAGNOSIS IN NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES

Authors
YOUNGER DS GORDON PH
Citation
Ds. Younger et Ph. Gordon, DIAGNOSIS IN NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES, Neurologic clinics, 14(1), 1996, pp. 135
Citations number
308
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurologic clinics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07338619
Volume
14
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0733-8619(1996)14:1<135:DIND>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases can be challenging and success ful in the majority of patients, due to advancements in electrophysiol ogy, muscle and nerve biopsy immunohistochemistry, and cytogenetics. T his article reviews diverse topics, highlighting these recent achievem ents, with an emphasis on how they affect the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of specific neuromuscular disorders.