Indication for pediatric muscle biopsy determines usefulness

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2199-2201

  Jamshidi, Ramin ^a   Harrison, Michael R ^a   Lee, Hanmin ^a   Nobuhara, Kerilyn K ^a   Farmer, Diana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dystrophy; Mitochondria; Muscle biopsy; Myopathy; Neuromuscular; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; FUKUYAMA CONGENITAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMINICORE DISEASE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449123822     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.08.066     Document Type: Article

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