Table 1—

Neuromuscular diseases affecting respiratory function

Neuropathic disease
Motor neuron disease
  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  Poliomyelitis, post-polio syndrome
  Spinal muscular atrophy
  Paralytic rabies
Peripheral neuropathies
  Guillain–Barré syndrome, Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
  Critical illness polyneuropathy
  Unilateral or bilateral diaphragm paralysis
  Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease
Disorders of the neuromuscular junction
 Myasthenia gravis, congenital myastenic syndrome, Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome
 Botulism, poisoning with curare and organophosphate
Myopathies
Acquired myopaties
  Polymyositis, dermatomyositis
  Critical illness myopathy
Inherited myopathies
Progressive muscular dystrophy
  Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  Becker muscular dystrophy
  Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
  Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
  Myotonic dystrophy
 Congenital myopathies
  Nemaline myopathy, core diseases, myotubular myopathy
 Congenital muscular dystrophy
  Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy, Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy, merosin-positive congenital muscular dystrophy, rigid spine muscular dystrophy
 Metabolic myopaties
  Mitocondrial myopaty, glycogen storage disease type 2