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Diagnosis in neuromuscular diseases
1Neurological Institute of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Neurologic Clinics
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
The diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases can be challenging and successful in the majority of patients, due to advancements in electrophysiology, muscle and nerve biopsy immunohistochemistry, and cytogenetics. This article reviews diverse topics, highlighting these recent achievements, with an emphasis on how they affect the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of specific neuromuscular disorders.