Open muscle biopsy in suspected myopathy: Diagnostic yield and clinical utility

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-142

  Lai, C H ^a,b   Melli, G ^b,c   Chang, Y J ^a   Skolasky, R L ^b   Corse, A M ^b   Wagner, K R ^b   Cornblath, D R ^b  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c National Neurological Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic yield; Muscle biopsy; Myopathy

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CHILD; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DELTOID MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; OPEN MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATINE KINASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73549123194     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02765.x     Document Type: Article

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