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A well‐tolerated core needle muscle biopsy process suitable for children and adults [PDF]
Muscle and Nerve, 2020 Richard Wang +2 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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Physiological Reports, 2021 Recently, percutaneous microbiopsy needles have been used as a less invasive alternative to the Bergstrom needle for obtaining human skeletal muscle biopsy to assess changes in protein content, gene expression, and enzymatic activities.
Patrick J. Drouin +3 more
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Diverse myopathological features in the congenital myasthenia syndrome with GFPT1 mutation
Brain and Behavior, 2022 Introduction Mutations in the GFPT1 gene are associated with a particular subtype of congenital myasthenia syndrome (CMS) called limb‐girdle myasthenia with tubular aggregates.
Kaiyan Jiang +9 more
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Journal of International Medical Research, 2022 A 26-year-old Asian woman with persistent muscle weakness was diagnosed with polymyositis based on biopsy findings at another hospital 11 years ago. However, her symptoms fluctuated repeatedly under treatment with prednisone and immunosuppressive agents,
Xiaoli Pan +4 more
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Statin and fibrate associed myopathy: study of eight patients [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2004 Lipid-lowering drugs have been occasionally associated with neuromuscular symptoms and muscle biopsy changes. We reported the clinical course and the muscle biopsy in eight patients with hyperlipoproteinemia, treated with lipid -lowering drugs (statins ...
Alzira A. Siqueira Carvalho +2 more
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The challenges of muscle biopsy in a community based geriatric population
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.
Daisy Wilson +3 more
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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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Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 1995 Muscle biopsy remains a critical component in the evaluation of myopathies. Recent literature demonstrates that percutaneous biopsy instruments can effectively procure muscle tissue for analysis in clinical and research settings. We review issues of muscle biopsy technique and specimen processing in the context of available clinical methods for tissue ...
K S, O'Rourke, R W, Ike
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Early Findings in Neonatal Cases of RYR1–Related Congenital Myopathies
Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Ryanodine receptor type 1-related congenital myopathies are the most represented subgroup among congenital myopathies (CMs), typically presenting a central core or multiminicore muscle histopathology and high clinical heterogeneity. We evaluated a cohort
Eleonora Mauri +17 more
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