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Arthritis and Other Rheumatic Diseases: Arthritis, in General | Specific Types of Arthritis and Other Rheumatic Diseases

Other Topics: General Musculoskeletal | Anatomy | Diagnostic Procedures | Surgery

Muscle Diseases


	Muscle Disease Overviews
	Myopathy:NINDS
	Facts About Myopathies:MDA [Order printed copy]
	Evaluation of the Patient with Muscle Weakness:American Academy of Family Physicians
	Genetics and Neuromuscular Diseases:MDA [Order printed copy]
	See also Genetics and Birth Defects, Musculoskeletal Defects
	Muscle Disorders:MedlinePlus

	Cancer
	See Cancer, Soft Tissue Sarcoma
	See Cancer, Rhabdomyosarcoma

	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

	General Information
	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:Mayo Clinic
	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:UpToDate Patient Information
	About Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome:CFIDS Association of America
	eBooks About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:netLibrary [Login to netLibrary required]
	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:MedlinePlus

	Treatment & Coping
	Treatment:CFIDS Association of America
	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatment Options:CDC
	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:University of Maryland Medical Center
	Living With Fatigue, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

	Virus Induced Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
	HHV-6 in CFS:HHV-6 Foundation
	Virus Induced CNS Dysfunction
	Stanford Clinical Trial of Valcyte in CFS
	Testing to Begin for New Chronic Fatigue Therapy:The Stanford Report

	Compartment Syndrome
	Compartment Syndrome:AAOS
	Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome:Mayo Clinic
	Lower Extremity Compartment Syndrome:Postgraduate Medicine

	Congenital Myasthenia
	Congenital Myasthenia:NINDS
	Congenital Myasthenia:Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America [PDF]
	Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome:MDA
	Facts about Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome:MDA
	Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes:GeneReviews

	Congenital Myopathies

	Congenital Myopathy Overview
	Congenital Myopathy:NINDS

	Central Core Disease
	Central Core Disease:MDA
	Facts About Myopathies:MDA [Order printed copy]
	Central Core Disease:Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, UK
	Central Core Disease:RRTC/NMD
	Central Core Disease:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
	Central Core Disease:GeneReviews

	Congenital Fiber Type Disproportion
	Congenital Fibre Type Disproportion:Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, UK
	Congenital Fiber Type Disproportion:RRTC/NMD
	Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion:GeneReviews

	Multiminicore Myopathy
	Minicore (Multicore) Myopathy:Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, UK
	Multiminicore Disease:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
	Multiminicore Disease:GeneReviews

	Myofibrillar Myopathy (Desmin Storage Myopathy)
	Myopathy, Desmin Storage:NORD
	Myofibrillar Myopathy:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
	Myofibrillar Myopathy:GeneReviews

	Myotubular Myopathy
	Myotubular Myopathy:MDA
	Facts About Myopathies:MDA [Order printed copy]
	Myotubular (Centronuclear) Myopathy:Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, UK
	Myotubular Myopathy:RRTC/NMD
	X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy:GeneReviews

	Nemaline Myopathy
	Nemaline Myopathy:MDA
	Facts About Myopathies:MDA [Order printed copy]
	Nemaline Myopathy:Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, UK
	Nemaline Myopathy:RRTC/NMD
	Nemaline Myopathy:GeneReviews

	Endocrine Myopathies
	Endocrine Myopathies:eMedicine
	Hyperthyroid Myopathy:MDA
	Hypothyroid Myopathy:MDA
	Thyrotoxic Myopathy:NINDS
	Thyrotoxic Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis FAQ:Periodic Paralysis News Desk

	Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
	Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP):NORD
	Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP):Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, UK
	Guidebook for Families:International Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Association
	Guidebook for Children:International Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Association
	Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva:Genetics Home Reference, NLM

	Fibromyalgia

	General Information
	Fibromyalgia:NIAMS
	Fibromyalgia:Cleveland Clinic
	Fibromyalgia:Mayo Clinic
	Fibromyalgia:UpToDate Patient Information
	Fibromyalgia:Johns Hopkins Arthritis
	Fibromyalgia Symptoms or Not? Understand the Fibromyalgia Diagnosis Process:Mayo Clinic
	Fibromyalgia (and Sleep):National Sleep Foundation
	Fibromyalgia Pain:National Pain Foundation
	eBooks About Fibromyalgia:netLibrary [Login to netLibrary required]
	Fibromyalgia:MedlinePlus

	Fibromyalgia Treatment
	Treatment:Fibromyalgia Network
	Fibromyalgia Drugs:Arthritis Foundation
	Anticonvulsant Drugs:Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs
	Acupuncture to Treat Fibromyalgia Pain:American College of Physicians

	Coping with Fibromyalgia
	Fibromyalgia: What It Is and How to Manage It:American Academy of Family Physcians
	Fibromyalgia and Exercise:American Academy of Family Physicians
	Daily Living:Fibromyalgia Network
	Living With Fatigue, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

	Isaacs Syndrome
	Isaac's Syndrome (Neuromyotonia):NINDS
	Isaac's Syndrome:Madisons Foundation

	Malignant Hyperthermia
	What is Malignant Hyperthermia?:Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States
	What is Malignant Hyperthermia?:Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
	Malignant Hyperthermia:RRTC/NMD
	Malignant Hyperthermia:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
	Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptibility:GeneReviews

	Metabolic Muscle Disease
	Facts About Metabolic Diseases of Muscle:MDA [Order printed copy]
	Specific metabolic muscle diseases, see Metabolic Diseases, Metabolic Muscle Disease

	Mitochondrial Muscle Disease
	Facts About Mitochondrial Myopathies:MDA [Order printed copy]
	See also Metabolic Diseases, Mitochondrial Disease

	Muscle Cramps
	Muscle Cramp:AAOS
	Muscle Cramp:Mayo Clinic
	Muscle Cramps:MedicineNet
	Stiffness, Cramps and Twitching:MDA
	Nocturnal Leg Cramps:Postgraduate Medicine
	Muscle Cramps:MedlinePlus

	Muscle Hypertrophy
	Myostatin Mutation Associated with Gross Muscle Hypertrophy in a Child:New England Journal of Medicine [PDF]
	Myostatin-Related Muscle Hypertrophy:GeneReviews

	Muscular Dystrophy
	See Muscular Dystrophy

	Myositis (Muscle Inflammation)

	Myositis Overviews
	About Myositis:Myositis Association
	Facts About Inflammatory Myopathies:MDA [Order printed copy]
	Myositis:UpToDate Patient Information
	Treatment:Myositis Association
	Myositis:MedlinePlus

	Dermatomyositis
	Dermatomyositis:NINDS
	Dermatomyositis:Myositis Association
	Juvenile Dermatomyositis:Myositis Association
	Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis:RRTC/NMD
	Dermatomyositis:MDA

	Polymyositis
	Polymyositis:NINDS
	Polymyositis:Myositis Association
	Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis:RRTC/NMD
	Polymyositis :MDA

	Inclusion Body Myositis
	Inclusion Body Myositis:NINDS
	Inclusion Body Myositis:Myositis Association
	Inclusion Body Myositis:RRTC/NMD
	Inclusion Body Myositis:MDA
	Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy:RRTC/NMD
	Inclusion Body Myopathy 2:GeneReviews
	Inclusion Body Myopathy with Paget Disease of Bone and/or Frontotemporal Dementia:GeneReviews

	Myotonia

	Overviews
	Myotonia:NINDS
	Myotonias:Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, UK
	Non-Dystrophic Myotonic Disorders:Consortium for Clinical Investigations of Neurological Channelopathies

	Myotonia Congenita
	Myotonia Congenita:NINDS
	Myotonia Congenita:MDA
	Facts About Myopathies:MDA [Order printed copy]
	Myotonia Congenita:RRTC/NMD
	Myotonia Congenita:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
	Myotonia Congenita:GeneReviews

	Paramyotonia Congenita
	Paramyotonia Congenita:MDA
	Facts About Myopathies:MDA [Order printed copy]
	FAQ About Paramyotonia Congenita:Periodic Paralysis News Desk
	Paramyotonia Congenita:Genetics Home Reference, NLM

	Potassium-aggravated Myotonia
	Potassium-aggravated Myotonia:Genetics Home Reference, NLM

	Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy
	See Muscular Dystrophy

	Neuromuscular Disease
	Neuromuscular Disease Information (Index):RRTC/NMD
	Neuromuscular Disorders:MedlinePlus
	Specific neuromuscular diseases, use Search function.

	Periodic Paralysis

	General Information
	Familial Periodic Paralyses:NIND
	General Periodic Paralysis FAQ:Periodic Paralysis News Desk
	Periodic Paralysis:MDA
	Facts About Myopathies:MDA [Order printed copy]

	Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
	Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis FAQ:Periodic Paralysis News Desk
	Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
	Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis Type 1:GeneReviews

	Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
	Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis FAQ:Periodic Paralysis News Desk
	Thyrotoxic Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis, see Endocrine Myopathies
	Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
	Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis:GeneReviews

	Andersen-Tawil Syndrome
	FAQs About Andersen's Syndrome:Periodic Paralysis News Desk
	Andersen-Tawil Syndrome:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
	Andersen-Tawil Syndrome:GeneReviews
	Andersen-Tawil Syndrome:Consortium for Clinical Investigations of Neurological Channelopathies

	Rhabdomyolysis
	Rhabdomyolysis:MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
	Exertional Rhabdomyolysis:The Physician and SportsMedicine
	Rhabdomyolysis:American Academy of Family Physicians

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