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 ...

“Back then they didn’t have a lot of technology but how they tested for that was like they did a muscle biopsy,” said Bryan Samples. “So, at eighteen months I got a muscle biopsy and that ...

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