RT Journal
A1 Stern LZ, Gruener R, Anderson RM
T1 EXternal intercostal muscle biopsy
JF Archives of Neurology
JO Archives of Neurology
YR 1975
FD November 1
VO 32
IS 11
SP 779
OP 780
DO 10.1001/archneur.1975.00490530101013
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1975.00490530101013
AB • External intercostal muscle biopsies were performed on 36 patients with neuromuscular disease, 13 patients undergoing thoracotomy for other diseases, and 3 healthy volunteers. The procedure is safe, of diagnostic value, and uniquely useful as a research tool, as it allows correlation of results of histochemical, ultrastructural, physiological, pharmacological, and biochemical studies on the same specimens.