Adult-onset muscle weakness: How to identify the underlying cause: Postgraduate Medicine: Vol 78, No 3

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Muscle weakness is associated with many diseases, but when its onset is in adulthood, the potential causes can be narrowed to a few. Dr Riggs discusses assessment of muscle weakness and examines the four most common neuromuscular diseases of adulthood, which, although not common, may well be encountered by the primary care physician.

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