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Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 IntroductionConventionally, we rely on transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT) for local staging of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). However, the procedure is limited by its staging inaccuracy which may delay the definitive treatment of ...
Jeremy Yuen-Chun Teoh +10 more
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Muscle biopsy: what and why and when?
Practical Neurology, 2020 Skeletal muscle biopsy remains an important investigative tool in the diagnosis of a variety of muscle disorders. Traditionally, someone with a limb-girdle muscle weakness, myopathic changes on electrophysiology and raised serum creatine kinase (CK ...
J. Walters, A. Baborie
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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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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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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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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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Clinicopathological Study of Spectrum of Muscle Disorders in a Tertiary Care Hospital [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Introduction: The diagnostic approach to muscle disorders is often challenging due to paucity of literature, unavailability of ancillary facilities, affordability and improper sample collection.
Mayank Sharma +3 more
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Congenital muscular dystrophy with inflammation: Diagnostic considerations
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2016 Background and Purpose: Muscle biopsy features of congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD) vary from usual dystrophic picture to normal or nonspecific myopathic picture or prominent fibrosis or striking inflammatory infiltrate, which may lead to diagnostic ...
Kaumudi Konkay +4 more
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