title: An overview of muscle diseases presenting in adulthood.
abstract: Patients with muscle disease present not only to neurologists, but also to rheumatologists and general physicians. This article provides a framework of how to approach patients with suspected muscle disease, and reviews the clinical features of the most frequently encountered acquired and genetic conditions in adult practice.
authors.affiliation: Post-CCT Fellow in Neuromuscular Disease.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bäumer
authors.affiliation: Consultant Neurologist at the Wessex Neurological Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hammans
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy