Includes References and Index

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