Myopathology

Description:

This book covers all aspects of basic, essential, recent advances and controversies in myopathology. The major emphasis is on diagnostic myopathology of muscular dystrophies, inflammatory myopathies, mitochondrial myopathies, metabolic myopathies, congenital myopathies, myopathies of miscellaneous etiology, neurogenic and neuromuscular junction disorders, the goal being to broaden readers’ understanding of individual disease subgroups. The book also contains all the essential details needed to establish a neuromuscular lab, making it especially relevant for laboratory technical staff and research scholars.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction to Normal Skeletal Muscle: Anatomy, Physiology, Histology, and Ultrastructure

2. Muscle Biopsy Procedure and Processing

3. Histochemistry and Immunochemistry of Normal Muscle

4. Commonly Encountered Artifacts in Muscle Biopsy

5. A Pathologist’s Expectation from the Clinician

6. Myopathology: Common Terminologies Illustrated

7. Classification of Skeletal Muscle Diseases

8. Muscular Dystrophies

9. Inflammatory Myopathies

10. Mitochondrial Myopathies and Related Diseases

11. Congenital Myopathies and Related Diseases

12. Metabolic Myopathies and Related Diseases

13. Myopathies of Miscellaneous Etiology

14. Diseases of Neuromuscular Junction

15. Neurogenic Disorders

16. A Beginner’s Approach to Skeletal Muscle Biopsy

17. Skeletal Muscle Biobanking

18. Recent Advances and Controversies in Myopathology

19. Antenatal Diagnosis of Neuromuscular Disorders