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This chapter focuses on the classification, presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of common and less common neuromuscular disorders such as myopathies, neuropathies, and neuromuscular junction disorders.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Doris Kung

  2. Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Thy Nguyen

  3. Adventist Health, Paradise, CA, USA

    Ritu Das

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Kung, D., Nguyen, T., Das, R. (2019). Neuromuscular Disorders. In: Absolute Case-Based Neurology Review. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11132-8_9

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