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The procedure of muscle biopsy |
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Histological and histochemical stains and reactions |
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Normal muscle |
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Histological and histochemical changes |
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Ultrastructural changes |
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Immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting |
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How to read a biopsy |
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Classification of neuromuscular disorders |
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Neurogenic disorders |
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Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders I : Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy |
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Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders II: limb-girdle muscular dystrophies |
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Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders III: congenital muscular dystrophies and associated disorders |
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Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders IV: Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy and similar syndromes |
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Muscular dystrophies and allied disorders V: facioscapulohumeral, myotonic and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophies |
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Congenital myopathies and related disorders |
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Myofibrillar myopathies and other myopathies with rimmed vacuoles |
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Metabolic myopathies I: glycogenoses |
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Metabolic myopathies II: lipid-related disorders and mitochondrial myopathies |
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Myopathies associated with systemic disorders and ageing |
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Ion channel disorders |
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Myasthenic syndromes |
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Inflammatory myopathies |
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Toxic and drug-induced myopathies |
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Appendices. Glossary of genetic terms |
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Useful websites |
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The procedure of muscle biopsy |
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Histological and histochemical stains and reactions |
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Normal muscle |
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