TY - BOOK AU - Eva L. Feldman AU - Wolfgang Grisold AU - James W. Russell AU - Wolfgang N. Löscher TI - Atlas of Neuromuscular Diseases A Practical Guideline SN - 978-3-7091-1604-3 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Springer-Verlag Wien KW - Neurology N1 - Includes References and Index N2 - A book of this type requires many contributors and the authors are grateful for the expert assistance we have received from our colleagues. Some colleagues are acknowledged as co-authors of specific chapters. Mrs. Jeanette Schulz has been responsible for art and cartoons. We would also like to acknowledge Dr. Barbara Mechtler Horvath, a radiologist with a special interest in MRI studies, for her expert input on the use of MRI in the neuromuscular clinic. Dr. Stefan Meng, a radiologist with a background in neuroanatomy, provided valuable clinical input on the utility of ultrasound in the neuromuscular clinic. We appreciate that he assists us in correlating ultrasound imaging with clinical presentation and electrophysiological assessments. We are grateful to the members of the Neuromuscular Divisions of the Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital in Vienna, especially Drs. Peter Hitzenberger, Elisabeth Lindeck Pozza and Vera Wolhgenannt, the Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, especially Dr. Julia Wanschitz , University of Michigan, especially Drs. Brian Callaghan, Stephen Goutman and Ann Little, the University of Maryland, especially Drs. Justin Kwan, Charlene Hafer-Macko, Neil Porter, and Lindsay Zilliox. Their assistance in expanding our clinical neuromuscular knowledge and sharing their expertise on EMG, neuropathology, genetics and imaging studies have increased the quality of this book. We appreciate Jane Russell for assistance with copyediting the section on Muscle Diseases. Finally, we would like to thank Dr. Mila Blaivas, Dr. Andrea Vass, Ms. Judy Boldt, Ms. Claudia Steffek and Mrs. Lehnhart and Mr. Bachem from Springer for images, expert secretarial assistance and editing. Their assistance in completion of this book is deeply appreciated ER -