Myopathology: A Practical Clinico-pathological Approach to Skeletal Muscle Biopsies

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Introduction to Normal Skeletal Muscle: Anatomy, Physiology, Histology, and Ultrastructure (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 1-10 Muscle Biopsy Procedure and Processing (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 11-22 Histochemistry and Immunochemistry of Normal Muscle (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 23-55 Commonly Encountered Artifacts in Muscle Biopsy (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 57-66 A Pathologist’s Expectation from the Clinician (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 67-71 Myopathology: Common Terminologies Illustrated (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 73-97 Classification of Skeletal Muscle Diseases (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 99-102 Muscular Dystrophies (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 103-130 Inflammatory Myopathies (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 131-163 Mitochondrial Myopathies and Related Diseases (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 165-200 Congenital Myopathies and Related Diseases (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 201-216 Metabolic Myopathies and Related Diseases (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 217-240 Myopathies of Miscellaneous Etiology (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 241-264 Diseases of Neuromuscular Junction (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 265-273 Neurogenic Disorders (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 275-281 A Beginner’s Approach to Skeletal Muscle Biopsy (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 283-284 Skeletal Muscle Biobanking (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 285-289 Recent Advances and Controversies in Myopathology (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 291-293 Antenatal Diagnosis of Neuromuscular Disorders (Balan Louis Gaspar, Rakesh Kumar Vasishta, Bishan Dass Radotra)....Pages 295-299