Muscle biopsy is a minor surgical procedure that involves making an incision in the skin to obtain a few small pieces of the underlying muscle for detailed histologic, histochemical, or biochemical ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis could soon be diagnosed from a muscle biopsy thanks to a possible diagnostic biomarker that’s been identified in muscle tissue. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a ...

The skin biopsy is an invaluable ... before taking the sample. The total amount of lidocaine should be monitored because it can cause myocardial depression, muscle twitching, neurotoxicity ...

Although skeletal muscle has a remarkable capacity for repair and adaptation ... Methods: Histological and electron microscopic analyses were carried out on a biopsy sample of the vastus lateralis ...

The superiority of multiple samples over a single biopsy was also reported by Maharaj et al, [59] but the study did not give any information on the sample size or on the etiology of the cirrhosis.

Two different types of liver tissue sample can be obtained: wedge and needle biopsy specimens. [38] A wedge biopsy can be taken during laparoscopic or open surgery. All pathologists would agree ...