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Human Skeletal Muscle Biopsy Procedures Using the Modified Bergström Technique
Published on: September 10, 2014
The utility of muscle biopsy
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, UPMC Presbyterian, 200 Lothrop Street, F878, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. lacomis@np.awing.upmc.edu
Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports
|December 20, 2003
Abstract:
Despite major advances in molecular genetics, histopathologic evaluation of muscle biopsy specimens continues to provide important diagnostic information in patients with suspected muscle diseases and in patients with vasculitic neuropathies. Muscle biopsy specimens are used in diagnosing many inherited as well as inflammatory and toxic myopathies. Furthermore, the study of muscle histopathology can also enhance our understanding of disease pathogenesis.
