Neuromuscular imaging
This book is a groundbreaking radiological and neurological overview of current methods and applications of imaging--including aspects of neuroimaging and musculoskeletal imaging--in patients with inherited, metabolic, and inflammatory muscle diseases. Imaging features are discussed in the context o...
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6552-2 |
Summary: |
This book is a groundbreaking radiological and neurological overview of current methods and applications of imaging--including aspects of neuroimaging and musculoskeletal imaging--in patients with inherited, metabolic, and inflammatory muscle diseases. Imaging features are discussed in the context of clincial presentation, histopathology, therapeutic options and differential diagnosis. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 424 p.) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781461465522 (electronic bk.) 1461465524 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | RC925 |
CLC: | R746 |
Contents: |
Imaging Modalities. Introduction / Ultrasonography / Computed Tomography / Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Advanced and Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques / Nuclear Medicine Methods / Peripheral Nerve Imaging / Muscle Anatomy and Physiology. Morphology of Skeletal Muscle / Atlas of Topographical Muscle Anatomy / Normal Aging Muscle Tissue / Clinical Applications in Hereditary Myopathies. Skeletal Muscle Channelopathies / Metabolic Myopathies / Congenital Myopathies / Congenital Muscular Dystrophies / Dystrophinopathies / Emerinopathies and Laminopathies / Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies / Myofibrillar Myopathies / Distal Myopathies / Myotonic Dystrophies / Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy / Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy / Diagnostic Algorithms and Differential Diagnosis / Clinical Applications in Acquired Myopathies. Inflammatory Myopathies / Toxic and Drug-Induced Myopathies / Muscle Neoplasms / Clinical Applications in Motor Neuron Disorders and Peripheral Nerve Imaging. Motor Neuron Diseases / Imaging of the Peripheral Nerves: Clinical Applications and Diagnostic Relevance / |