Foreword.- Introduction.- Part I Diagnosis ofacquired myopathies.- Auto-Antibodiesin Neuromuscular Disorders.- Electromyography.-Imaging of the Muscle.- Peripheral Nerve Ultrasound.- MagneticResonance Imaging of the Peripheral Nerve.- Part II Clinical Entities.- The Spectrum of Inflammatory Myopathies:Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Necrotizing Myositis and Inclusion Body Myositis.- Necrotising Myopathy.- Statin Myopathy.- Myasthenia Gravis.- Acquired Autoimmune Rippling Muscles with Myasthenia Gravis.- Endocrinological Myopathies.- Vitamin D deficiency in Muscle.- Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness.- Part III Neurogenic disorders.- Idiopathic Chronic Immune-Mediated Neuropathies:Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy and Multifocal MotorNeuropathy.- GBS Immune Neuropathies.- AmyotrophicLateral Sclerosis - Epidemiology and Risk Factors.- ParaneoplasticDiseases of the Peripheral Nervous System.- Diabetic Neuropathy.- Infectious Neuropathies.- ToxicNeuropathies.