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 ...

Electromyographic studies of involved muscle, showing characteristic fibrillation and spike potentials, and muscle biopsy of the non ... of symmetrical synovitis, long bone pain, and clubbing.

They are thought to be autoimmune disorders, in which the body's white blood cells (that normally fight disease) attack blood vessels, normal muscle fibers, and connective tissue in organs, bones ...

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

Patients with a common aggressive type of bladder cancer could get correct treatment significantly quicker as new research ...

Patients with a common aggressive type of bladder cancer could get correct treatment significantly quicker as new research suggests that initial MRI imaging and biopsy could be used to reduce the time ...