Neuromuscular junction disorders [electronic resource] / Volume editor, Andrew G. Engel
- Published
- Edinburgh ; New York, NY : Elsevier, 2008.
- Physical Description
- xiv, 451 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Engel, Andrew and ScienceDirect (Online service)
Access Online
- ScienceDirect: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu , An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
- Series
- Contents
- 1. The most vulnerable synapse: historic aspects of neuromuscular junction disorders / John Keesey -- 2. Reliability of neuromuscular transmission and how it is maintained / Clarke R. Slater -- 3. The neuromuscular junction / Andrew G. Engel -- 4. Electromyographic aspects of neuromuscular junction disorders / C. Michel Harper -- 5. The immunopathogenesis of myasthenia gravis / Norbert Sommer, Bjorn Tackenberg and Reinhard Hohlfeld -- 6. Autoantibodies in different forms of myasthenia gravis and in the Lambert-Eaton syndrome / Angela Vincent -- 7. Clinical features of myasthenia gravis / Donald B. Sanders and Janice M. Massey -- 8. Therapy of myasthenia gravis / Daniel B. Drachman -- 9. The Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome / Donald B. Sanders and Vern C. Juel -- 10. Congenital myasthenic syndromes / Andrew G. Engel -- 11. Botulism / Eric A. Johnson and Cesare Montecucco -- 12. Neurotoxicology of neuromuscular transmission / James F. Howard, Jr. and Donald B. Sanders -- 13. Organophosphate and carbamate poisoning / Jan L. De Bleecker -- 14. Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability and the neuromuscular junction / Steven Vernino.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780444520081
0444520082 - Note
- AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Reproduction Note
- Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 14, 2008). Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
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