Oxford Textbook of Neuromuscular Disorders

Dr David Hilton-Jones is Consultant Neurologist at the University of Oxford and John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford UK and Clinical Director, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign Muscle and Nerve Centre. Dr Hilton-Jones developed an interest in muscle diseases when working for Dr John Morgan-Hughes at Queen Square, London before spending a year training with the late Professor George Karpati in Montreal. He was appointed as a consultant neurologist in Oxford, UK with the intention of developing services for patients with neuromuscular disorders and is now Clinical Director of the Oxford Muscle & Nerve Centre, supported by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. He is also Clinical Director of the Oxford Myasthenia Centre, supported by the Myasthenia Gravis Association. His major interest is in combining clinical practice and research. Dr Martin R. Turner is a Consultant Neurologist and Senior Clinician Scientist within the Oxford University Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences. His research focuses on understanding the variation in the clinical presentations of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease (ALS/MND) and finding biomarkers for them. In particular Dr Turner is interested in the role of the brain in ALS/MND, and using advanced neuroimaging to explore structure and function through his affiliation with the Oxford Centre for the Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain: FMRIB.

SECTION 1: APPROACH TO THE PATIENT; SECTION 2: ANTERIOR HORN; SECTION 3: PERIPHERAL NERVE: INHERITED; SECTION 4: PERIPHERAL NERVE: ACQUIRED; SECTION 5: NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION: INHERITED AND ACQUIRED; SECTION 6: MUSCLE; SECTION 7: ACUTE NEUROMUSCULAR CONSULTS