title: Selected disorders of muscle and the neuromuscular junction.
abstract: A variety of disorders affect the muscles or the neuromuscular junction of dogs and cats, most often causing weakness, exercise intolerance, and muscular pain or atrophy. The myopathies are infectious, immune-mediated, inherited or acquired secondary to systemic disease. Acquired myasthenia gravis is a common disorder of the neuromuscular junction, which clinically resembles a myopathy. Reaching a specific diagnosis is essential to determine optimal therapy and prognosis for each of the commonly recognized disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004285:Dogs; D020514:Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis / Q000662:veterinary; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D009137:Muscular Dystrophy, Animal / Q000175:diagnosis; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000662:veterinary; D009220:Myositis / Q000662:veterinary; D020511:Neuromuscular Junction Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*