Diseases of muscle

Georgios Manousakis

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-67116-1_2

Diseases of muscle

Georgios Manousakis

Neurology

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Myopathies can present with negative (such as weakness) or positive (such as myalgia and cramps) symptoms. Recognition of certain characteristic patterns of muscle weakness on exam can narrow the differential diagnosis. Serum creatine kinase, focused serologic testing, electromyography, exercise test, muscle imaging, biopsy, and genetic testing are useful to reach a specific diagnosis. The key clinical features, laboratory, EMG, and histopathologic abnormalities of the most common myopathies are discussed below.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Clinical Handbook of Neuromuscular Medicine
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	9-43
Number of pages	35
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319671161
ISBN (Print)	9783319671154
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67116-1_2
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

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Keywords

EMG
Genetic testing
Inflammatory myopathies
Muscle biopsy
Muscular dystrophies
Myopathy

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