Neuromuscular disorders are diagnosed across the lifespan and create many challenges especially with infants, children and adolescents. This edition focuses on neuromuscular disorders in infancy, childhood and adolescence. It offers coverage of the basic science of neuromuscular disease and the diagnosis and treatment best practices.

Provides an overview of the supply and use of nutrients in the human body and how the body regulates intake. This book features chapters that details the principles determining digestion and absorption of food ingredients and how these compounds and their metabolites get into the brain, cross the placenta and pass through the kidneys.

Offers reviews of the metabolic and nutritional disorders that are prevalent in patients with renal disease. This book provides a common language for nephrologists, nutritionists, and other interested physicians to discuss the underlying research and translation of practices for the nutritional management and prevention of renal disease.