TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Foreword A1 - Amato, Anthony A. A1 - Russell, James A. PY - 2015 T2 - Neuromuscular Disorders, 2e AB - Textbooks that have a lasting influence are rare. In neurology, such examples are Merritt's Neurology and Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, both now in print for decades and continually updated. I believe the second edition of Amato and Russell's Neuromuscular Disorders is such a textbook. Immediately on the publication of the first edition, it became the primary textbook source of information for study of neuromuscular disease. Neuro-muscular Disorders filled a large gap in the field. Until that time, there was no single text that covered the principles of motor neuron disease, nerve disease, neuromuscular junction disorders, and muscle disorders. Neuromuscular Disorders covers all these areas superbly. It is written primarily through the voice of two authors, Tony Amato and Jim Russell, and this provides a wonderfully consistent message and makes the book easy to read. In the second edition, there are guest authors for some specialty areas involving rehabilitative medicine, Erik Ensrud and Sabrina Paganoni, and their chapters are outstanding and the fluent voice is maintained. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/08 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114841671 ER -