Book Review: Evaluation and Treatment of Myopathies, 2nd edition

Editors: Emma Ciafaloni, MD; Patrick F. Chinnery, FRCP; and Robert C. Griggs, MD Contemporary Neurology Series Editor: Sid Gilman, MD Publisher: Oxford University Press – 364 pages Book Review by: Bina Odhar This is a book for trainees and physicians treating patients with neuromuscular diseases such as the various types of myopathy itemized in the contents below. Its basic purpose is to arm the clinician with specific information necessary to make a diagnosis and design a treatment plan. Much of that information has been gathered in the last 20 years or so since the first edition of this book...

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