Sonographically guided percutaneous muscle biopsy in diagnosis of neuromuscular disease: A useful alternative to open surgical biopsy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  O'Sullivan, Paul J ^a,b   Gorman, Grainne M ^a   Hardiman, Orla M ^a   Farrell, Michael J ^a   Logan, P Mark ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Core; Muscle; Needle; Percutaneous; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCLE; NEEDLES; NEUROLOGY; SURGERY; TISSUE;

14-GAUGE CORE SKELETAL MUSCLE BIOPSY; CORE; PERCUTANEOUS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR STRUCTURES;

BIOPSY;

LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE DEFICIENCY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN INCISION; VASCULITIS;

EID: 30144435873     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.1.1     Document Type: Article

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