TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Principles of Immunomodulating Treatment A1 - Amato, Anthony A. A1 - Russell, James A. PY - 2015 T2 - Neuromuscular Disorders, 2e AB - The ideal of every patient and physician is to identify a diagnosis whose natural history is self-limited, or if not, a diagnosis for which an effective treatment can be administered. Autoimmunity is believed to be the contributing, if not causal, mechanism of a significant number of neuromuscular disorders.1 Accordingly, patients with proven or suspected autoimmune neuromuscular disorders become candidates for treatments that modulate or suppress immune-mediated nerve, neuromuscular junction, or muscle dysfunction or injury. Familiarity with drugs or other interventions that suppress or modulate the patient's immune system is therefore a prerequisite for anyone practicing neuromuscular medicine. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/09 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1115656802 ER -