Mike P. Wattjes • Dirk Fischer
Editors

2013

Enormous progress has been made regarding genetic diagnosis of inherited neuromuscular diseases in recent years. A large number of new genetic abnormalities associated with dystrophic or nondystrophic myopathies have been identified, leading to new insights into understanding the pathological aspects of these heterogeneous disorders. The classic three pillars of the diagnostic process for neuromuscular diseases have been the neurological examination to determine the clinical phenotype, the neurophysiological assessment, and diagnostic muscle biopsies.