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A A-wave AAA syndrome α-Actinin AARS Aarskog–Scott Abattoir Abdominal muscles A-β-lipoproteinemia Absent muscles ACAD9 Acanthosis Nigricans Acetylcholine & ACh Receptors Acetylcholine Receptor   Antibodies   Disorders   Epsilon subunit   Myasthenia Gravis Acetylcholinesterase Achalasia Achondroplasia Acid Maltase Aconitase Acromegaly Acromutilation (Ulceromutilation) Acrylamide ACTA1 Actin Actinin Activation Acute   Immune neuropathies   Motor Neuropathies   Myopathies   Neuropathies   Quadriplegic myopathies   Weakness Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase disorders   hydroxy   long chain   medium chain   very long chain   Multiple deficiency ADA2 Adenosine receptors Adhalin Adhesion molecules Adie Adrenal Adrenomyeloneuropathy ADSSL1 α-Dystroglycan   Disorders α-galactosidase AGAT Age: Muscle; Nerve Agrin AIAW AIN AIRE Alacrimia Alanine-repeat disorders ALCL Alcoholic (Ethanol) polyneuropathy ALDH3A2 Aldolase A deficiency Alexander disease   Adult onset   Mitochondrial Allgrove syndrome Allodynia All-Trans-Retinoic Acid Allyl chloride Alpers-Huttenlocher α-Methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR) Almitrine neuropathy Alpers ALS ALS Association Alsin AMACR AMAN Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase   Antibodies   Cytoplasmic   Mitochondrial e-Amino Caproic Acid Amiodarone neuropathy Ammonia AMPDA deficiency Amphiphysin Amyloidosis Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)   Hereditary   Sporadic An-α-lipoproteinemia ANCA Andermann Syndrome Andersen disease Andersen periodic paralysis Androgen Receptor Angiogenin Angiotropic lymphoma Anhidrosis Anion exchangers Ankylosing spondylitis ANO10 Anterior interosseus nerve Anterior primary rami Antibodies   Acetylcholine Receptor   Connective tissue disease   Decorin (BJ)   Glutamic acid decarboxylase   GM1 Ganglioside   Hu   Jo-1   MAG   M-protein   Monoclonal   Muscle   Nerve   Polymyositis   Polyspecific   Striational (Muscle)   Sulfatide   tRNA Synthetase   Tubulin   Yo Antibody testing   Requisition Form   Instructions ANXA11 AP4 proteins Apamin APECED Apoptosis   Congenital myopathy + Apoptosis Arachnoiditis Argininemia Argininosuccinate lyase Arm predominance   Myopathy   Neuropathy Arnold-Chiari Malformation ARS   Antibodies   Cytoplasmic   Mitochondrial Arsenic Arthrogryposis ARVD ASL Asymmetric   Neuropathies   Myopathies Ataxias   Ataxia Telangectasia   Ataxia Telangectasia-like   Autosomal Dominant   Autosomal Recessive   Congenital   DNA repair defects   Episodic   Metabolic disorders   Multisystem disorders   SCA   Sensory   Treatments   X-linked Athletes   Disorders   Genetics Atlanto-Axial instability α-tocopherol transfer protein (ATTP) ATP ATPase 6 ATPase Disorders Atrial septal defect Atrophy, type 2 muscle fibers Autonomic Disorders   Syndromes   Cardiac   Sweating   Hypotension   Urinary   Sexual   Ocular Autophagy   Differential diagnosis   Excessive   General features   Pathology AVSF   Pathology Axenfeld-Rieger anomaly Axillary nerve Axon reflex Axonal   Damage or Loss   Neuropathies - Immune   Transport Axons: Characteristics Azathioprine AZT myopathy B B12, vitamin β-Enolase BAG3 Baltic myoclonus Bariatric surgery Barium Barnes's myopathy Barth syndrome Basal Lamina: Muscle Baseball Basement membrane Baxter's nerve BCIM Becker Muscular Dystrophy Becker Myotonia Bee stings Behçet Behr syndrome Bell's Palsy Benign acute childhood myositis Bent spine syndrome Bethlem myopathy β-galactosidase BICD2 Biceps Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis Biemond Congenital Anesthesia Bilbao & Schmidt   Text   Index Biochemical-genetic testing Biopsy   Muscle   Nerve   Pictures   Quiz   Results: Differential diagnosis Biotinidase deficiency BJ (Decorin) antibodies & myopathy Björnstad syndrome Black widow spider toxin Blepharophimosis Bodybuilding Bone morphogenetic proteins Bortezomib (Velcade) Botulism Boucher-Neuhäuser Brachial Amyotrophic Diplegia Brachial Plexopathy Brachial plexus: Innervation Branching Enzyme Brachio-Cervical Inflammatory Myopathy   Pathology Brentuximab Broad A-band disease Brody Disease 1-Bromopropane (n-propyl bromide) Brown-Vialetto-van Laere (BVVLS) Brucellosis Brugada BSMA (X-linked) Buckthorn Bulbar weakness Bulbospinal Neuronopathy (X-linked) Bungarotoxins: α; β; κ Büngner Bands Burner Burning mouth syndrome Burning feet syndrome Burns & neuropathy C C1-C2 instability c9orf72 c20orf7 Cabezas CACNA1A CADASIL (Multi-infarct dementia) Cadherins CADM-140 Cadmium CAGSSS Calcaneal nerves Calcinosis Calciphylaxis Calcium Channels   Antibodies   Disorders Calmodulin 1 Calpain 3 Calsequestrin-11 Camera-Marugo-Cohen Syndrome CAMOS Camptocormia CAMRQ Camurati-Engelmann CANOMAD CANVAS Cap myopathy CAPOS syndrome Carbohydrate Deficient Glycoproteins Carbon disulphide Cardiac Disorders   + Myopathy   Heart only; Hereditary Cardiofaciocutaneous 1 Cardiomyopathy   Dilated   Hypertrophic   Mitochondrial Carey-Fineman-Ziter Carnitine Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II Carpal tunnel syndrome Cartilage-Hair hypoplasia Caspr2 CASQ1 Cataract & Facial disorder: HMSN Catecholamines Cavanagh's sensory neuropathy Caveolin-3 CCDD CCFDN CCNF CD59 CDG CEDNIK Celiac disease CEMCOX Central Core Central European encephalitis Central Nervous System (CNS) + ...   Myopathy   Neuropathy Centromere antibodies Centronuclear Myopathy Cerebral palsy   Ataxic   Spastic quadriplegic   Symmetric Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis Cervical anatomy CFEOM Chagas' Channel Disorders (Ion) Chaperones Charcot joints Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Charlevoix-Saguenay   Andermann Syndrome   Charlevoix-Saguenay syndrome   Spastic Ataxias CHCHD10 Checkpoint inhibitors Chediak-Higashi CHILD syndrome Childhood-onset   Myopathy   Neuropathy CHKB Chloramphenicol Chloride Channels   Disorders Chloroquine Chlorophenoxy toxicity Cholesterol emboli Chondroitin sulfate C myopathy Chorea-Acanthocytosis CHP1 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Chronic Immune Demyelinating PN Churg-Strauss CIDP Ciguatoxin cis-platinum neuropathy CISS CK Cleidocranial dysplasia Clevudine Club foot CMT COACH syndrome COASY Cobalt Cocaine Cockayne syndrome: A; B, ERCC1 Coenzyme Q10   Ataxia   Deficiency Coffin-Lowry Cofilin-2 (CFL2) Colchicine   Myopathy   Neuropathy Cold   Induced sweating: 1; 2   Related neuropathy   Sensation Collagen   Type IV   Type VI     Bethlem     OPLL     Ullrich   Type IX   Type XII   Type 13A1 Collagen pockets Collagen vascular diseases Common peroneal nerve Compartment syndromes Complement Complex regional pain syndrome Complex repetitive discharges Conduction Block Congenital   Disorders of     Deglycosylation     Glycosylation   Fiber type     Disorders     1 atrophy     2 atrophy   Insensitivity to pain   Muscle absence   Muscular Dystrophy   Myopathy   Neuropathy Congenital myopathy with apoptosis Congenital Sensory PN + Anhydrosis Connective tissue diseases: Immune Connective tissue molecules Connexin-31 Connexin-32 Contactin-1   Antibody Contractures   Lethal congenital Copper deficiency & disorders Cores Cores + Rods Cortactin Corticosteroid   Disorders   Treatment Cough Cowchock Syndrome Cowden COXPD CPEO CPSQ CPT II Cramps Cramp & Neuropathy syndrome Cranial Nerve Disorders Creatine deficiency Creatine Kinase   Low   Unexpectedly High   Very High Creatine treatment CREST Creutzfeldt-Jakob Crisponi syndrome Critical illness myopathy Critical illness polyneuropathy CRMP-5 syndromes Crohn's disease Cryoglobulins Cryptococcus CSPP1 CSPQ Cuban neuropathy Cushing syndrome CV-2 Cyanide CYC1 Cyclin-F Cyclophosphamide   Indications - Motor Neuropathies   Orders, IV   Protocol   Treatment   Cyclophosphamide + Plasma Exchange Cyclosporine   Myopathies   Treatment Cylindrical spirals Cytochrome oxidase deficiency   Benign Infantile Myopathy   Fatal Infantile Myopathy   Leigh Syndrome Cystinosis Cytokines Cytomegalovirus Cytoplasmic body myopathies   Distal D DAG1 Dandy-Walker Danon's disease (LAMP-2) Dapsone neuropathy Davidenkow D-bifunctional protein (DBP) DCAF8 d4T neuropathy ddC neuropathy ddI neuropathy Deafness   Achondroplasia   Connexin-26   Dystonia   Hereditary Neuropathies   Mitochondrial   Morquio   Myosin: Unconventional Debranching Enzyme Decorin antibodies & myopathy Degradation: Protein Dejerine-Sottas Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) Deltoid Demyelinating Neuropathies   Differential Diagnosis   Immune Dengue Dentatorubral-Pallidoluysian Atrophy (DRPLA) Dermatologic changes Dermatomyositis (Dermatomyopathies) desert hedgehog Desmin myopathies   Cardiac Failure   Myofibrillar myopathies   Respiratory Failure Desmoplakin DHH DHPR Diabetes   Muscle infarction   Neuropathy   NIDDM Diaphragm, Congenital defects Diaphyseal Dysplasia 20,25-Diazacholesterol Diethylene glycol Differential diagnosis   Cerebellar   Muscle biopsy   Myopathy   Neuropathy   Spinal   Syndromes Dimethylamine Borane Dimethylaminopropionitrile Dinitrophenol Dioxins Diphtheria Disc disease Disclaimer Distal Myopathies Distal SMA (HMN) Distal Ulnar-Median Muscular Atrophy Disulfiram neuropathy DM1 DM2 DM3: See IBMPFD DMAPN DM-VP DNA   Repair disorders   Repeat disorders DNAJ: B2; B5; B6; C3; C19 DNM2 Docetaxel Dok-7 DOLK DOMS Dopamine Dopamine β-hydroxylase Dopamine receptor D4 Dorsal scapular nerve Doxorubicin DPM: 1, 2, 3 DPPX Dravet Drug-induced neuropathies DTNBP1 DTR Duane's syndrome Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy DUX4 Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen disease Dynactin Dynamin   Dynamin 2   Related Disorders Dynein Dysautonomia Dysferlin Dysphagia Dysthyroid ophthalmopathy Dystonia-Spasticity Dystroglycan   α-Dystroglycan disorders Dystrophinopathies   Gene   Protein Dystrophin-associated Glycoproteins E E3 ubiquitin ligase e-Amino Caproic Acid Early Growth response (EGR) genes ECEL1 ECHS1 Ectopic lymphoid structures Edaravone Ehlers-Danlos EJ antibody Electron transport flavoprotein (ETF) Elejalde ELOVL4 EMARDD Emery-Dreifuss Dystrophies Emetine Encephalomyopathy Endocrine Endoneurium Endoplasmic reticulum: Disorders Endplate spikes β-Enolase Enterovirus: D68; 71 Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome Eosinophilic fasciitis Eosinophils Epidermal growth factors Epidermolysis Bullosa & Congenital MD Epinephrine Epineurium Epiphyseal dysplasia + Myopathy (EDM3) Episodic   Ataxia   Ataxia/Myokymia Syndrome   Pain   Weakness EPT1 Erabutoxin ERAD disorders ERBB4 ERBBR Erb's palsy Erythromelalgia (Erythermalgia) Escobar Ethambutol neuropathy Ethanol: Myopathy; Neuropathy Ethionamide neuropathy Ethylene glycol Ethylene oxide Evaluation of neuromuscular disease: Guidelines Excessive Autophagy Excitation-Contraction Exosome Exercise: Genetics External Links Extra-ocular muscle weakness   Congenital fibrosis F F-wave Fabry Facial   Bell's Palsy   with myopathy   Nerve Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy FAM111B Farber lipogranulomatosis Fasciculations Fasciitis Fatigue   Chronic   Differential Dx Fatty acid oxidation Fatty acid transport Fazio-Londe FDX1L (FDX2) Femoral nerve Fe-S FEWDON FGFR3: Antibody; Protein FHL1 Fiber type   Disorders     1 small     1 predominance     2 small     Size disproportion   Properties Fibrillation Fibroblast growth factors   Receptor-3     Achondroplasia     Antibody Fibromyalgia Fibrosing myopathy: Focal Fibrosis of EOM Filamin C Finger extension Finnish encephalopathy Finger extension FITM2 FKRP FKTN Flecanide Flier's Syndrome Fludarabine Focal   Fibrosing myopathy   Myositis Focally folded myelin Folate FOP FOSMN FOXRED1 Freezing muscle: Methods Friedreich Ataxia Frohse FSH dystrophy FSP Fukuyama congenital MD Fumarate hydratase FUS FXTAS G GAD antibodies Galactosamine sulfatase Galactosidase: α; β GALOP Syndrome Galoway-Mowat (GAMOS) Gangliosides & glycolipids Gap junctions GARS Gasoline Neuropathy Gastric bypass Gastrointestinal   Gastric bypass   Myopathy   Neuropathy GBS GDAP1 Gelsolin Gemcitabine Germanium myopathy Gerstmann-Straüssler-Schienker γ-Glutamyl Cysteine Synthetase Giant Axonal Neuropathy Gillespie Gliomedin Glucose tolerance Glue Neuropathy Glutamic acid decarboxylase Glutaredoxin 5 Glutaricaciduria IIA Glutei Gluten enteropathy Glutethimide neuropathy Glycine Glycine receptors Glycogen   Pathways   Storage Disorders Glycosylation   Deficiency   Disorders     Muscle-Eye-Brain syndrome GM1   Antibodies   Ganglioside GM2 gangliosidosis GMPPB GNB4 GNE Gold neuropathy Goldberg-Shprintzen Gonadal dysgenesis: HSN; HMSN Gordon Holmes: 1; 2 Gossypol Gowers distal myopathy GRACILE syndrome Gracilis Graft-vs-host Granulomatous Myopathy Griscelli Guillain-Barré Guyon canal Gynecomastia H H-reflex Haff disease Hamstring   Injury   Weakness HANAC Hand weakness (pure motor) Harlequin syndrome Haw River Syndrome Hearing loss Heat: Channels Heat shock proteins Helix syndrome Hemifacial spasm Hemochromatosis Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis Hemophilia Hemosiderin Heparan sulfate Heparin-binding growth factors Hepatic disease Hepatitis C Hepatitis E Hereditary   Ataxias   Liability to Pressure Palsies   Distal Ulnar-Median Muscular Atrophy   Motor Syndromes   Motor-Sensory Neuropathies     IA; IB; IX; II; III; 4A     Focally folded myelin sheaths     Sensory > Motor + Ulcero-mutilation   Myopathies   Sensory Neuropathy     I, II, III, IV     Large Fiber     Large + Small Fiber     Small Fiber     With spasticity   Spinal Cord Syndromes Heroin Herpes Zoster Hexachlorophene Hexacarbons Hexagonally cross-linked crystalloid inclusions Hexokinase 1 Hexosaminidase A HGPPS: 1; 2 HHH Syndrome HIBCH HIBM Hidrosis HINT1 Hirayama Hirschsprung's Histiocytoid cardiomyopathy Histochemistry   Methods HIV HLA: Disease associations   Myasthenia gravis   Myositis HLD7 HMERF HMG-CoA Reductase (HMGCR)   Antibodies   Inhibitors HMN (Distal SMA) HMSN HMSN-Russe (HMSNR) HNA HNPP HNRP Hoarse voice Holmes-Adie syndrome Holmes Ataxia Holt-Oram Horner's syndrome Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson HSAN HSP HSPB1 HSPB3 HSPB8 HTLV-1 Hu Human immune globulin Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Humor Hurler Hyaline body myopathy Hydralazine neuropathy Hydroxychloroquine Hydroxyglutaric aciduria   D-2 & L-2   L-2 Hydroxyurea Hymenoptera venom Hyperekplexia Hyperhidrosis Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis Hypermobility, Joint Hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinuria Hypertrophy, Muscle Hypoglycemia + Neuropathy Hypogonadism   + Ataxia Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis Hypomyelinating neuropathies Hypotension I IBM   IBMPFD   sIBM Ichthyosiform erythroderma Idiopathic neuropathy Ifosfamide neuropathy IgG4 Illustrations: Index Immune disorders: Treatment strategies Immunoglobulin Superfamily Immunomodulating therapies IMPP IM-VAMP Inability to experience pain Inclusion Body Myopathy (Hereditary)   Dominant: IBM1; IBM3; IBMPFD   Recessive: IBM2   + Paget   Types Inclusion Body Myositis Inclusions Infantile   Myopathy   Neuropathy Infections   Myelopathy   Neuropathy Infantile Onset Spinocerebellar Ataxia (IOSCA) Infarction, Diabetic Muscle Inflammatory bowel disease Inflammatory Myopathies IMAM Injections & Myopathy INPP5K Insensitivity to pain Insulin-like growth factors Insulinoma + Neuropathy Integrins   Integrin α7 Intensive care (Critical illness) neuropathy Interferon-α: Neuropathy Intermediate filament disorders Interstitial lung disease Intravascular lymphoma Intravenous immunoglobulin Ion Channel Disorders   General concepts Ipecac Ipilimumab IPEX IRF2BPL Iron Iron-Sulfur complex Isaac's Syndrome ISCU Isoniazid neuropathy Isotretinoin Itch ITP Ixabepilone J Jensen syndrome JMP syndrome Jo-1   Myopathy Joint   Contractures   Hypermobility Joubert syndromes Journal Club K Kaeser Kallman syndrome: 2; 6; Deafness KARS KBTBD13 Kearns-Sayre Kennedy's Syndrome KIF disorders Kinesins King-Denborough KLHL40 KLHL41 Klippel-Feil Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Köbberling-Dunnigan Syndrome Konzo Krabbe Ku antibody L L1CAM L-2 Hydroxyglutaric aciduria Laboratory   Antibody tests   Certification   Pathology (Muscle & Nerve) tests Lactate Lactate dehydrogenase, M (muscle) subunit Lafora disease Laing Lambert-Eaton Syndrome Lamin   Disorders   Lamin A/C   Lamin B1 Laminins   α2   α4   β2 LAMP-2 Large Muscles Large Nerves Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve Latrotoxin LBSL LCAD LCCS LCHADD Lead Leber's Optic Atrophy Leflunomide Leigh Syndrome LEMS Leprosy Lethal congenital contracture Lethal congenital myopathy Leukodystrophy Leukoencephalopathy Lewis-Sumner Lgi1 Lgi4 LGMD LHON Licorice Lidocaine Ligament of Struthers Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Links Lipid   Disorders     Carnitine     Classification (Biochemical)     Myopathies     Storage disorders   Lowering agents Lipin-1 Lipodystrophy   Acquired   Hereditary   Syndromes Lipoic acid Lithium Livedoid vasculopathy LMOD3 Long QT Syndromes   K+ Channel   Na+ Channel Disorders Long thoracic nerve Lower Motor Neuron syndromes LRP4 LRPPRC Lumbar plexus Lumbosacral plexus Lumbosacral plexopathies Lung disease, Interstitial Lupus Lyme disease Lymphoma   Intravascular LYRM2 M Ma Machado-Joseph Macroglossia Macrophage activation Macrophagic myofasciitis MADD Madelung syndrome Madras motor neuron disease MADSAM MAG Magnesium Malignant Hyperthermia Malignant PN Sheath tumors Maple syrup urine disease Marine toxins Marinesco-Sjögren Markesbery Martin-Gruber anastomosis MASA Syndrome Masticator myopathy Matrin-3 MCAD M-cadherin McArdle's McLeod Syndrome MCM3AP MDA-5 (CADM-140) antibody MDCCAID MDDG MDDGA Mechanotransduction MECP2 protein Medial brachial fascial compartment Median nerve MEF2 family Megaconial MEGCANN MEGDEL MELAS Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome Meralgia paresthetica Mercury Merosin: Deficient; Abnormal MERRF Metabolic syndrome Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Methotrexate Methyl bromide 5,10 Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase 3-Methylglutaconic acid (3-MGA; 3-MGCA) Metronidazole neuropathy MGT-30 MGUS MHC-I Mi-2 antibody Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) MICU1 MICU2 Midkine Migrant sensory neuritis Miller Fisher Mills syndrome Miniature endplate potential Minicore myopathy Minifascicles: HSN; HMSN Minipolymyoclonus MIRAS Misonidazole neuropathy Mitochondria   Complexes   Disorders   DNA breakage syndrome   Pathology   Ribosomal proteins (MRP) Mitofusin 2 Mitoribosome Miyoshi distal myopathy MLASA MMACHC MMDS MMN Mnf (FOXK1) MNGIE Möbius Syndrome MODY Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome Molecules Monensin Monoclonal Antibodies (M-proteins) Monomelic Amyotrophy Mononeuritis multiplex Morquio Morvan's fibrillary chorea Motor   Neuropathies   Syndromes     Hereditary   Units Mowat-Wilson Mountain sickness Mox2 MPP1 M-proteins MPV17 MPZ MRI, Muscle patterns MRP MSCAE MSTO1 Msx1 MT-ATP: Disorders; Proteins MTCO proteins mtDNA depletion MTHFR MTM1 MTPAP Mulibrey Nanism Multicore myopathy Multifocal Motor Neuropathy Multi-Infarct dementia Multiple acyl–CoA dehydrogenase (MADD) Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia (MED) Multiple Symmetric Lipomatosis Multiple Myeloma Multiple Systems Atrophy Muscle   Absence (Congenital)   Biopsy   Biopsy stains   Development   Fiber activity   Hypertrophy   Infarction: Diabetic   Innervation     Upper extremity     Lower extremity   Pain   Spindle   Structural Proteins Muscle-Eye-Brain Disease Muscular Dystrophy Muscular Dystrophy Association Musculocutaneous nerve Mushroom intoxication Musicians MuSK antibodies Muzolimine Myalgia Myasthenia Gravis   Associated disorders   Autoimmune   Syndromes Myasthenic Syndromes   Lambert-Eaton MYBPC1 Mycophenolate mofetil Mycoplasma pneumoniae Myelin Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein (MAG) Myelination: PN with abnormal Myelocerebellar Myeloma Myelopathies Myf5 Myf-6 MYH2 MYH3 MYH7   Gowers distal myopathy   Hyaline body Myhre Syndrome Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency MyoD Myoedema Myofibrillar (Desmin) myopathies Myogenesis Myogenic determination factors Myogenin (Myf4) Myoglobinuria Myokines Myokymia   Differential diagnosis Myopalladin (MYPN) Myopathy   Differential Diagnosis   with Neuropathy   Syndromes Myosclerosis Myosin   Binding protein (MYBPC)   Cardiomyopathies   Deficiency Myopathies   Disorders   Hearing loss   Heavy chain   Light chain   Non-muscle myosin Myosin loss myopathy Myositis   Antibodies   Ossificans Myostatin A, B Myotilin Myotonia   Acetazolamide-responsive   Congenita (Becker)   Congenita (Thomsen)   Fluctuans   Permanens   Treatment Myotonic Dystrophy   DM1   DM2 Myotoxins Myotubular Myopathy Myotubularin Myxedema N NARP Native American Myopathy Navajo neuropathy with arthropathy Navajo neuropathy with corneal ulceration NBIA ND proteins Nebulin Neck weakness   Posterior Necklace body Necrosis Necrotizing myopathy   Paraneoplastic   Pipestem capillaries Nemaline Myopathy Neonatal Perifascicular Myopathy Nerve Biopsy (Indications) Nerves   Normal   Upper extremity   Lower extremity Nesprins: 1; 2 Neuralgic Amyotrophy Neuroacanthocytosis Neuroaxonal Dystrophy Neurofascin   Antibody Neurofilaments   Disorders   Motor neuron disease (NEFH) Neurofilament antibodies Neurofibroma Neurofibromatosis: 1; 2 Neuroleptic-Malignant Syndrome Neuromuscular Disease: Typical Patterns Neuromuscular: Evaluation guidelines Neuromuscular Junction Disorders Neuromuscular Laboratory   Antibody tests   Certification   Pathology (Muscle & Nerve) tests Neuromyotonia Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease (NIID) Neuronopathy Neuropathy   Childhood   Chronic immune axonal   Chronic immune demyelinating   with CNS disease   Differential Diagnosis   Syndromes Neurotoxic esterase Neurotransmitters Neurotrophins Neutral lipid NGLY1 n-Hexane Niemann-Pick, Type C Nitrofurantoin neuropathy Nitrous oxide neuropathy Nivolumab Node of Ranvier Nonaka distal myopathy NOS Notalgia paresthetica n-propyl bromide (1-Bromopropane) NS6S NT5C1A NTRK1 NUBPL Nuclear envelope Nucleoside neuropathy Nucleosome, Antibodies NXP-2 antibody O O'Sullivan-McLeod syndrome Obturator nerve Occupations Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy Oculopharyngodistal myopathy Ohdo OMIM Onion bulbs OPA1 Ophthalmoplegia Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Optic Nerve Optic neuropathy: Hereditary Orbital myositis Organophosphorous esters Orthostatic hypotension Ornithine aminotransferase Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament Osteosclerotic Myeloma Oxaliplatin P P0 P1 receptors P2 receptors p62 p97 p140 p155/140 Paclitaxel Paget disease Pain   General principles   Insensitivity   Medications   Myopathy   Neuropathy Palmaris brevis spasm Palytoxin Pantothenate kinase 2 (PANK2) Papilledema Paraganglioma Paramyotonia congenita Paraneoplastic syndromes Paraspinous muscle weakness Parathyroid Paroxysmal   Cerebellar Ataxia (EA2)   Choreoathetosis/Spasticity   Extreme Pain Parsonage-Turner Pathology: Index Patient information & resources Patterns: Neuromuscular Disease PCA-2 antibody PCARP PCH PCWH Pearson's Pectoral   Muscle aplasia   Medial pectoral nerve Pelizaeus Merzbacher Pelizaeus Merzbacher-like: 1; 2 Pellagra Pembrolizumab Pena-Shokeir Penicillamine Pentaborane PEO Perhexiline neuropathy Periaxin Perimysial pathology Perimyositis Perineurioma Perineurium Perineuritis Periodic fever + Focal myositis Periodic paralysis   Hyperkalemic   Hypokalemic Peripheral axons: Characteristics Peripheral nerve tumors Peripherin Perlecan Peroneal nerve Peroxisomes: Refsum Perrault PEX: 1; 2; 7; 10 12; 16; 26 PFK PHARC Phenylketonuria Phenytoin neuropathy Phosphofructokinase, M subunit Phosphoglucomutase Phosphoglycerate Kinase Phosphoglycerate Mutase, M subunit Phosphoinositide disorders Phospholipase A2 proteins Phospholipid antibodies Phosphorylase (McArdle's) Phosphorylase b Kinase Physical examination Pi (Reich) Granules Pipecolic acid Pipestem capillaries Piriformis PL-12 antibody PLA2G6 Plasma exchange Plectin Plexin D1 Plexopathy   Brachial   Lumbosacral   Neoplastic   Radiation PLS PMA PMP-22 PM-Scl PNPLA2 PNPLA6 POIKTMP P0 Protein Podophyllin POEMS Poland syndrome POLG Polio POLR3A Polyarteritis nodosa Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Polyglucosan   Polyglucosan body disease   Deposition Polymyalgia Rheumatica Polymyositis Polyneuropathy POMGNT1 Pompe POMT1 POMT2 Pontocerebellar hypoplasia Porcine brain-associated neuropathy Porphyria Positive sharp wave Posterior column ataxia + Retinitis pigmentosa Posterior interosseus nerve Posterior neck weakness Posterior tibial nerve Post-paralysis paralysis Post-polio syndrome Postural hypotension Postural orthostatic tachycardia (POTS) Potassium Channels   Antibodies   Disorders POTS Prednisone Pregnancy PREPL Pressure Palsies, Hereditary Liability to Presynaptic proteins Primary lateral sclerosis Primary muscular atrophy Prion Prion-like domains (PrLD) Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia (PEO) PROMM Pronator syndrome Propofol Proprioception Proteasome Protein degradation Proteoglycans Proteolipid protein (PLP) Proximal   Arms - Myopathy   Motor Neuropathy   Sensory Neuropathy Proximal Myotonic Myopathy (PROMM) Psoas, hypoplasia Pterygium, Multiple PTPLA6 Pyomyositis Pyridoxine   Deficiency   Intoxication Pyruvate carboxylase Pyruvate dehydrogenase Q QT Syndromes   Long     K+ Channel Disorders     Na+ Channel Disorders   Short Quadriceps weakness Quadrilateral space syndrome Quadriplegic myopathy, Acute R Rabies Radial nerve Radiation   Brachial Plexopathy   Lumbar Plexopathy   Myelopathy Ramsay-Hunt Rapsyn Recent revisions Recruitment Reducing body myopathies REEP1 Reflex sympathetic dystrophy Reflexes, Tendon Refsum Relapsing Renal disease Renaut bodies Respiratory Failure Rett syndrome Rhabdomyolysis Rheumatoid arthritis Rhomboid Ri antibody Riboflavin Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Riche-Cannieu RIDDLE syndrome Rienhoff Rigid spine RIIM Riley-Day Riluzole Ringed fiber myopathy Rippling Muscle Syndrome Rituximab   Orders   Protocol   Treatment RMRP RNA: Splicing RNF170 Rod Myopathy Roots   Upper extremity   Lower extremity Roussy-Levy Ross syndrome Rucksack paralysis Russe Ryanodine receptor (RYR1) S Sacsin (SACS) SAE antibody Salih myopathy Salla syndrome Sarcocystis Sarcoglycans   Disorders Sarcoid Sarcopenia Sarcotubular SARM1 Sartorius Satoyoshi Saxitoxin SBMA (X-linked) SCA   Dominant   Recessive SCAD Scapular winging Scapuloperoneal syndromes SCAR Scheie syndrome Schwann cells Schwannoma Schwartz-Jampel Sciatic nerve Scleroderma Scleromyxedema SCN: 4A; 9A Scoliosis SCO2 SCP2 SDH stain SECISBP2 Selectins Selenium   Deficiency   Selenoprotein N 1 (SEPN1) Selumetinib Semaphorins Semimembranosus Semitendinosus Senataxin Sengers Sensory   Ataxia   Neuropathy     Idiopathic     Large Fiber     Large & Small Fiber   Neuronopathies   Small Fiber SEPN1 SERAC1 SERCA1 Serotonin syndrome Serratus anterior SeSAME SGPG SH3TC2 Short QT Shoulder Shwachman–Diamond Shy-Drager Sickle cell disease Siderosis SIFD SIGMAR1 Silver syndrome Sjögren-Larsson Sjögren's Skeletal disorders Skin biopsy Skin changes SLC25A SLONM SMA SMAJ SMA-LED Small fiber neuropathy SMARD SMNA Snake venom toxins SNARE SNAX1 snRNP SOD1 Sodium Channels   Disorders Sodium cyanate neuropathy Solumedrol treatment   Orders SOX10 Spanish toxic oil SPAR Spastic   Ataxias (SPAX)   Dystonia   Paraplegias Spectrins SPG Spheroid body myopathy Spinal accessory nerve Spinal Cord Disorders   Hereditary   Systemic Causes   Trauma   Vascular Spinal cord syndromes   Anterior cord   Brown-Séquard   Cauda Equina   Conus medullaris   Hemicord   Posterior cord Spinal Muscular Atrophies   Benign congenital with contractures   Bulbo-Spinal Muscular Atrophy     X-linked (Kennedy's)     Autosomal Dominant   Distal SMA     HMN 1; 2; 5     Diaphragmatic paralysis & Neonatal     Distal Ulnar-Median     Recessive     Upper limb predominance     Vocal cord involvement   Congenital with leg weakness   Dominant, Proximal     SMALED   Scapuloperoneal syndromes   SMA 5q     Congenital with arthrogryposis     Werdnig-Hoffmann     Kugelberg-Welander   Spinal muscular atrophy 2   X-linked Infant & Arthrogryposis Spindles, muscle   Excess + Congenital myopathy Spine disorders Spliceosomes SPOAN Spondylosis, Cervical Spontaneous Muscle Activity Sports disorders   Backpacking   Baseball   Bicycle   Bodybuilding   Bowling   Football   Mountain climbing   Surfing   Volleyball SPTBN2 Spurling test SQSTM1 SRP SS18L1 SSA SSc STAC3 Stains: Muscle biopsy Statins   Myopathy   Neuropathy Sternotomy Stiff-person Syndrome Stormorken Strachan syndrome Striational Antibodies Strongman Struthers   Arcade   Ligament Strychnine STUB1 Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome STXBP5L Subperineurial edema Substance P and Tachykinins Succinate Dehydrogenase   Leigh's Syndrome   Rhabdomyolysis SUCLA2 SUCLG1 Sudden death, Cardiac Sudden infant death (SIDS) Sulfatide Superficial siderosis Superior oblique myokymia Superoxide Dismutase Suprascapular nerve Sural nerve Suramin neuropathy SURF-1 Surfing Sweating disorders Sydenham chorea Synaptic Proteins   Presynaptic   Postsynaptic SYNE: 1; 2 Syntrophin Syphilis Syringomyelia Systemic lupus erythematosis T Ta TACH Tangier disease Tarsal tunnel Tarsal tunnel, anterior TATA binding protein Taxol neuropathy Tay-Sachs TBCD TBCK TBK1 TBX5 T-cells TDP-43 TECPR2 Telbivudine Telethionin Tel Hashomer camptodactyly Telithromycin Tellurium Temperature Tendon reflexes Test forms Tetanus Tetany, EDx Tethered cord Tetrodotoxin Thalidomide neuropathy Thallium Thermoanalgesia Thenar motor neuropathy Thiamine Thomsen Thoracic outlet syndrome Thymoma Thyroid Tick paralysis TIF1γ Titin   Antibodies   Muscle Tomaculae   Differential diagnosis   Pathology Tongue Topoisomerase 3A Toxic myopathies Toxic neuropathies Toxins: Snake venom Toxoplasmosis TPM3 Tr antibody Transforming growth factors β Transmitters Transthyretin Transverse myelitis Trapezius TRAPS Treatment strategies Triadin Triceps Trichinellosis (Trichinosis) Trichloroethylene Trifunctional protein Trigeminal neuralgia Triglycerides TRIM32 Triorthocresyl phosphate (TOCP) Triosephosphate isomerase Trisulfated heparin disaccharide TrkA tRNA synthetase   Antibodies Trophic factors Tropical   Ataxic neuropathy   Pyomyositis   Spastic paraparesis Tropomyosin Tropomyosin-2 Troponin   Troponin T (Cardiac) Troyer syndrome TRP ion channels   TRPV4 TSEN TS-HDS TTID Tuberculosis Tubular aggregates Tubulin   Antibodies   Disorders   Tubulin-reactive crystalline inclusions, Myopathy Tumor-like disorders Tumor necrosis factor-α Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1A Tumors: Peripheral nerve Twinkle Type atrophy   Type 1 fiber   Type 2 fiber Typhus Tyrosine kinase inhibitors Tyrosine kinase receptor ligands Tyrosinemia U Ubiquitin UBQLN2 Udd Ulcerative colitis Ulcero-mutilation   with Hereditary neuropathy Ullrich CMD Ulnar nerve UQCC2 Urea cycle Uruguay Facio-Cardio-Musculo-Skeletal Syndrome Utrophin V Vacor Vacuoles: Muscle Valine Valproate VAPB Vanishing white matter Vasculitis VCP VEGF Velcade (Bortezomib) Venoms: Snake Toxins Venous insufficiency Ventricular fibrillation Vernant's disease Very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase Vesicle membrane proteins Vibration Vici syndrome VII nerve Vinca alkaloid neuropathy Visceral   Myopathy   Neuropathy Visual field disorders Visual loss   Optic neuropathy   Paraneoplastic Vitamin disorders   B12 deficiency   D deficiency   E: Deficiency & Intoxication VLCAD Vocal cord disorders Voice, hoarse Von Hippel-Lindau VPS13 VPS53 W Waardenberg-Shah Waldenström's macroglobulinemia Walker-Warburg Wallerian degeneration Wartenberg's sensory neuritis Weakness, acute Wegener's Weight lifting Welander Werdnig-Hoffmann West Nile Virus Whipple's disease Williams-Beuren syndrome Wilson's Disease Winging (Scapular) Wolfram syndrome Worster-Drought syndrome WWOX X Xeroderma pigmentosum XK membrane transport protein X-linked HMSN XMEA Xp21 microdeletion syndromes with Duchenne MD Y YARS Yo Z ZASP Z-disk Zellweger ZFHX2 Zika Zimeldine Zinc Zoster

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