Muscle biopsy in patients with myalgia: Still a painful decision

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 170-171

  Kissel, John T ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYALGIA; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846227882     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000254503.91471.f5     Document Type: Editorial

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