Author: | Robert L. Wortmann, MD | ISBN: | 9781455712427 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Health Sciences | Publication: | May 12, 2011 |
Imprint: | Saunders | Language: | English |
Author: | Robert L. Wortmann, MD |
ISBN: | 9781455712427 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Health Sciences |
Publication: | May 12, 2011 |
Imprint: | Saunders |
Language: | English |
This issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics provides important updates in myopathies. The following essential topics are covered. Clinical features, pathophysiology, and treatment of polymyositis and dermatomyositis; inclusion body myositis; metabolic myopathies; drug-induced myopathies; muscular dystrophies and neurologic diseases; laboratory testing and imaging; electrophysiological studies; metabolic and genetic testing; and pathology.
This issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics provides important updates in myopathies. The following essential topics are covered. Clinical features, pathophysiology, and treatment of polymyositis and dermatomyositis; inclusion body myositis; metabolic myopathies; drug-induced myopathies; muscular dystrophies and neurologic diseases; laboratory testing and imaging; electrophysiological studies; metabolic and genetic testing; and pathology.