title: Diagnosis in neuromuscular diseases.
abstract: The diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases can be challenging and successful in the majority of patients, due to advancements in electrophysiology, muscle and nerve biopsy immunohistochemistry, and cytogenetics. This article reviews diverse topics, highlighting these recent achievements, with an emphasis on how they affect the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of specific neuromuscular disorders.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Institute of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Younger
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Gordon
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003582:Cytogenetics; D004568:Electrodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000473:pathology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000379:methods*; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000473:pathology