The role of muscle biopsy in investigating isolated muscle pain

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-186

  Filosto, M ^a,b   Tonin, P ^a   Vattemi, G ^a   Bertolasi, L ^a   Simonati, A ^a   Rizzuto, N ^a   Tomelleri, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; CREATINE KINASE; DYSTROPHIN; PHOSPHORYLASE; UTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PAIN; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846265671     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000252252.29532.cc     Document Type: Article

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