Ultrastructural examination of the axillary skin biopsy in the diagnosis of metabolic diseases

Human Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 649-655

  Abramovich, Caroline M ^a   Prayson, Richard A ^a   McMahon, James T ^a   Cohen, Bruce H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary skin biopsy; Electron microscopy; Metabolic disease; Mitochondrial cytopathy

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACIDURIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AXILLA; CELL INCLUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEIGH DISEASE; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LIPOFUSCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE BIOPSY; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SKIN BIOPSY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0034950037     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2001.24995     Document Type: Article

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