PART Ⅰ HISTOPATHOLOGICAL REACTIONS OF MUSCLE 1
CHAPTER 1．STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE MUSCLE FIBRE：LOSS OF CROSS-STRIATION，CLOUDY AND GRANULAR CHANGES，FLOCCULAR CHANGES AND PHAGOCYTOSIS 1
CHAPTER 2．CHANGES IN MUSCLE NUCLEI 12
CHAPTER 3．CHANGES IN FIBRE SIZE 19
CHAPTER 4．BASOPHILIC FIBRES WITH VESICULAR NUCLEI AND PROMINENT NUCLEOLI 25
CHAPTER 5．RINGED FIBRES 32
CHAPTER 6．SARCOPLASMIC MASSES 38
CHAPTER 7．CHANGES IN INTERSTITIAL TISSUES：COLLAGEN AND FAT 45
CHAPTER 8．LEUCOCYTIC INFILTRATIONS 49
CHAPTER 9．CHANGES IN MUSCLE SPINDLES AND PERIPHERAL MUSCULAR NERVES 56
CHAPTER 10．PATTERN OF LESION 60
PART Ⅱ CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL CORRELATIONS 65
CHAPTER 11．CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION OF NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES 67
CHAPTER 12．DISTAL MUSCULAR SYNDROMES．LARGE GROUPS OF SMALL FIBRES AND ABNORMAL PERIPHERAL MUSCULAR NERVES AND MUSCLE SPINDLES 70
CHAPTER 13．MYOTONIC SYNDROMES，RINGED FIBRES，SARCOPLASMIC MASSES AND INTERNAL NUCLEI 80
CHAPTER 14．PROXIMAL MUSCULAR SYNDROMES．ABNORMALLY LARGE FIBRES，STRUCTURAL CHANGES，PHAGOCYTOSIS，BASOPHILIC FIBRES WITH VESICULAR NUCLEI AND PROMINENT NUCLEOLI，LEUCOCYTIC INFILTRATIONS AND ABNORMAL COLLAGEN AND FAT 84
CHAPTER 15．MYASTHENIA GRAVIS：LYMPHORRHAGES AND OTHER ABNORMALITIES 92
SUMMARY 95
CONCLUSIONS 96
APPENDIX Ⅰ：METHODS AND TECHNIQUES 97
APPENDIX Ⅱ：CROSS-INDEX OF CASES 98
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES 101
INDEX 102