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Selected disorders of muscle and the neuromuscular junction
1Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
The Veterinary Clinics of North America. Small Animal Practice
|February 19, 2000
Abstract:
A variety of disorders affect the muscles or the neuromuscular junction of dogs and cats, most often causing weakness, exercise intolerance, and muscular pain or atrophy. The myopathies are infectious, immune-mediated, inherited or acquired secondary to systemic disease. Acquired myasthenia gravis is a common disorder of the neuromuscular junction, which clinically resembles a myopathy. Reaching a specific diagnosis is essential to determine optimal therapy and prognosis for each of the commonly recognized disorders.