Dietrichson P, Coakley J, Smith PE, Griffiths RD, Helliwell TR, Edwards RH. Conchotome and needle percutaneous biopsy of skeletal muscle.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1987;
50:1461-7. [PMID:
3694206 PMCID:
PMC1032558 DOI:
10.1136/jnnp.50.11.1461]
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Abstract
Percutaneous muscle biopsy is an important and acceptable technique in the study of conditions involving human skeletal muscle. A review of 436 conchotome and needle muscle biopsies obtained over 18 months in this centre is presented.
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