The challenges of muscle biopsy in a community based geriatric population [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2018 Objectives To describe the difficulties of obtaining muscle samples using a Bergstrom needle technique in a frail older adult population. The data were obtained from a study primarily investigating immunosenescence in frailty.
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Muscle biopsy in Pompe disease [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2013 Pompe disease (PD) can be diagnosed by measuring alpha-glucosidase levels or by identifying mutations in the gene enzyme. Muscle biopsies can aid diagnosis in doubtful cases.
Lineu Cesar Werneck +3 more
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Muscle biopsy essential diagnostic advice for pathologists
Surgical and Experimental Pathology, 2021 Background Muscle biopsies are important diagnostic procedures in neuromuscular practice. Recent advances in genetic analysis have profoundly modified Myopathology diagnosis.
Ana Cotta +14 more
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Muscle Biopsy: A Requirement for Precision Medicine in Adult-Onset Myopathy. [PDF]
J Clin Med, 2022 Muscle biopsy is a fundamental procedure to assist the final diagnosis of myopathy. With the recent advances in molecular diagnosis, serology tests, and mechanism-based classification in myopathy, the précised diagnosis for myopathy required the ...
Wu MJ, Liao WA, Lin PY, Sun YT.
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Clinical and prognostic significance of muscle biopsy in sarcoidosis
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2018 The main objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of muscle involvement on the clinical features, prognostic outcome, extrapulmonary organ, and endobronchial involvement in sarcoidosis patients.
Halil Yanardag +2 more
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A Clinical Study on the Utility of Muscle Biopsy in Patients with Suspected Myopathy [PDF]
Annals of Indian Academy of NeurologyBackground and Objectives: The role of muscle biopsy needs to be redefined in an era where genetic studies have largely supplanted the need for a pathological diagnosis. The objective of the study was to evaluate the utility of muscle biopsy in suspected
Sudhakar Karunakaran +4 more
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What Every Neuropathologist Needs to Know: The Muscle Biopsy. [PDF]
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 2020 Competence in muscle biopsy evaluation is a core component of neuropathology practice. The practicing neuropathologist should be able to prepare frozen sections of muscle biopsies with minimal artifacts and identify key histopathologic features of ...
Nix JS, Moore SA.
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The Role of Muscle Biopsy in Diagnostic Process of Infant Hypotonia: From Clinical Classification to the Genetic Outcome [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 The role of muscle biopsy in the diagnostic workup of floppy infants is controversial. Muscle sampling is invasive, and often, results are not specific.
Marco Veneruso +21 more
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A well-tolerated core needle muscle biopsy process suitable for children and adults. [PDF]
Muscle Nerve, 2020 Serial muscle biopsies within clinical trials for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are critical to document therapeutic responses. Less invasive means of sampling muscle are needed.
Barthelemy F +7 more
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Muscle Biopsy and Electromyography Correlation
Frontiers in Neurology, 2018 Introduction: In myopathies, the correlation of individual electromyographic and histopathologic findings remains poorly explored, as most previous studies have focused on the ability of muscle biopsy and electromyography to distinguish the neuropathic ...
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