DISORDERS OF VOLUNTARY MUSCLE. 8TH EDITION

• Part I. The Scientific Basis of Muscle Disease:
1. Structure and function of muscle fibres and motor units Mary Kay Floeter
2. Myogenic precursor cells Miranda D. Grounds and Frederic Relaix
3. Biochemical and molecular basis of muscle disease Susan Brown and Cecilia Jimenez-Mallebera
• Part II. Investigation of Muscle Disease:
4. Electromyography and related techniques Eric Logigian and Emma Ciafaloni
5. Histopathology and immunoanalysis of muscle Caroline A. Sewry and Maria J. Molnar
6. Ultrastructural study of muscle Anders Oldfors
7. Diagnostic imaging of muscle Eugenio Mercuri and Marianne de Visser
• Part III. Description of Muscle Disease
Section 1. General Aspects:
8. The clinical assessment and a guide to classification of the myopathies David Hilton-Jones and John T. Kissel
9. The principles of molecular therapies for muscle diseases George Karpati and Renald Gilbert
Section 2. Specific Diseases:
10. Dystrophinopathies Michael Sinnreich
11. Muscular dystrophies presenting with proximal muscle weakness Mariz Vainzof and Kate Bushby
12. Dystrophies and myopathies of early childhood onset Carsten G. Bönnemann and Enrico Bertini
13. Congenital myopathies Carina Wallgren-Pettersson and Nigel G. Laing
14. Muscle diseases with prominent muscle contractures Gisèle Bonne and Anne K. Lampe
15. Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy Shannon L. Venance and Rabi Tawil
16. Distal myopathies Bjarne Udd
17. Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy Bernard Brais
18. Myotonic dystrophy John Day and Charles Thornton
19. Mitochondrial myopathies and related disorders Patrick F. Chinnery and Eric A. Shoubridge
20. Metabolic myopathies John Vissing, Stefano DiDonato and Franco Taroni
21. Muscle ion channelopathies and related disorders Bertrand Fontaine and Michael G. Hanna
22. Inflammatory and dysimmune myopathies Marinos C. Dalakas and George Karpati
23. Myasthenia gravis and myasthenic syndromes [autoimmune and genetic] Amelia Evoli, Hanns Lochmüller and Violeta Mihaylova
24. Endocrine and toxic myopathies Zohar Argov and Frank L. Mastaglia
25. Myofibrillar myopathy Duygu Selcen
26. Hereditary inclusion body myopathies Zohar Argov and Stella Mitrani-Rosenbaum
27. Other myopathies Giovanni Meola and Michael Swash.

This major new edition fulfils the need for a single-volume, up-to-date information resource on the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of skeletal muscles, including the muscular dystrophies, mitochondrial myopathies, metabolic myopathies, ion channel disorders, and dysimmune myopathies. As background to the clinical coverage, relevant information on advances in molecular and developmental biology, immunopathology, mitochondrial biology, ion-channel dynamics, cell membrane and signal transduction science, and imaging technology is summarized. Combining essential new knowledge with the fundamentals of history-taking and clinical examination, this extensively illustrated book will continue to be the mainstay for practising physicians and biomedical scientists concerned with muscle disease. Regular updates on the clinical and basic science aspects of muscle disease - written mainly by rising stars of myology - will be published on an accompanying website.

Features
• Accessible, scientifically based clinical content with relevant translational science summarized
• Expanded, high profile author team gives the content authority
• Regular updates published on-line

Authors
• George Karpati, Montreal Neurological Institute
George Karpati is Isaac Walton Killam Chair and Professor at the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, and the Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• David Hilton-Jones, John Radcliffe Hospital
David Hilton-Jones is Clinical Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign Muscle and Nerve Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
• Kate Bushby, International Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne
Kate Bushby is Professor of Neuromuscular Genetics at the Institute of Human Genetics, International Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
• Robert C. Griggs, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
Robert C. Griggs is Professor of Neurology, Medicine, Pediatrics, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Department of Neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, USA. He is also Chair of the Muscle Study Group Executive Committee.