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 ...

Andrew G. Lee, MD, and Drew Carey, MD, return for this latest episode of the "NeuroOp Guru" to discuss the variable presentations of somatic mitochondrial mutations and the importance of muscle biopsy ...

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 Baylor Medicine Neuromuscular Disorders Center incorporates the latest advances in diagnosis. Diagnostic testing includes muscle biopsy, nerve biopsy, neuromuscular ultrasound, electromyography ...

This study was the first to assess mitochondrial DNA testing in urine, which is cheaper and does not involve a muscle biopsy. This means more people with primary mitochondrial disorders can be ...

The following is a summary of “Comprehensive predictors of drug-resistant epilepsy in MELAS: clinical, EEG, imaging, and ...

They increase considerably after intensive exercise and in muscle pathology. 1, 2 Muscle biopsy findings have evidenced different activity of total LDH and LDH isozymes in endurance and strength ...