How to perform and analyse biopsies in relation to connective tissue diseases

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-255

  Ton, Evelien ^a   Kruize, Aike A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

muscle biopsy; peripheral nerve biopsy; renal biopsy; salivary gland biopsy; skin biopsy; skin muscle fascia biopsy; subcutaneous fat biopsy; temporal artery biopsy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC REACTION; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLEEDING; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS; FULL THICKNESS BIOPSY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HERNIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; MYOSITIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PAROTID GLAND BIOPSY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PUNCH BIOPSY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN MUSCLE FASCIA BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT BIOPSY; SURAL NERVE BIOPSY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TISSUE SECTION; VASCULITIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIOPSY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SALIVARY GLANDS; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 64749093084     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2009.03.004     Document Type: Review

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