Acquired Neuromuscular Disorders

Corrado Angelini is Professor of Neurology and Director of the Neuromuscular Center at the University of Padua, Italy, a position he has held since 1980. Since 2010 he has also been a Consultant at IRCCS Fondazione San Camillo Hospital in Venice. After completing his MD at the University of Padua and specializing in Neurology, Dr. Angelini studied and worked for more than 4 years in the United States (in Minnesota, North Dakota, Colorado, and California) before returning to Italy to take up his position at the University of Padua. Dr. Angelini is an Associate Member of the American Academy of Neurology and has been Chair of the ENS Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction Committee since 2009. He has received several honors during his career and is the author of numerous articles in international peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Angelini is a member of the advisory board of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and a Springer author.

Foreword.- Introduction.- Part I Diagnosis ofacquired myopathies.- Auto-Antibodiesin Neuromuscular Disorders.- Electromyography.-Imaging of the Muscle.- Peripheral Nerve Ultrasound.- MagneticResonance Imaging of the Peripheral Nerve.- Part II Clinical Entities.- The Spectrum of Inflammatory Myopathies:Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Necrotizing Myositis and Inclusion Body Myositis.-  Necrotising Myopathy.- Statin Myopathy.- Myasthenia Gravis.- Acquired Autoimmune Rippling Muscles with Myasthenia Gravis.- Endocrinological Myopathies.- Vitamin D deficiency in Muscle.- Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness.- Part III Neurogenic disorders.- Idiopathic Chronic Immune-Mediated Neuropathies:Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy and Multifocal MotorNeuropathy.- GBS Immune Neuropathies.- AmyotrophicLateral Sclerosis - Epidemiology and Risk Factors.- ParaneoplasticDiseases of the Peripheral Nervous System.- Diabetic Neuropathy.- Infectious Neuropathies.-ToxicNeuropathies.