Muscle Disorders in Childhood

Abstract

Preface. Diagnosis and Classification of the Neuromuscular Disorders. The Muscular Dystrophies. The Congenital Myopathies. Metabolic Myopathies I: Glycogenoses. Metabolic Myopathies II: Lipid Disorders. Mitochondrial Disorders. Metabolic Myopathies III: Ion Channel Disorders. Endocrine and Nutritional Myopathies. Spinal Muscular Atrophies. Motor Neuropathies. Myasthenia. Inflammatory Myopathies. The Floppy Infant. Disorders with Contractures and Rigidity. Disorders of Movement. Genetics. Index.