Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2000 Jan;30(1):59-75, vi.

Selected disorders of muscle and the neuromuscular junction.

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Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

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A variety of disorders affect the muscles or the neuromuscular junction of dogs and cats, most often causing weakness, exercise intolerance, and muscular pain or atrophy. The myopathies are infectious, immune-mediated, inherited or acquired secondary to systemic disease. Acquired myasthenia gravis is a common disorder of the neuromuscular junction, which clinically resembles a myopathy. Reaching a specific diagnosis is essential to determine optimal therapy and prognosis for each of the commonly recognized disorders.

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