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Recommended Standards for Muscle Biopsies

Type of publication: Clinical research, Guidelines, Pathology, Standard Operating Procedures
Disease: Neuromuscular disease

Muscle biopsy samples should be handled very carefully at all stages to avoid artefacts. For cryostat sections, the samples need to be of a size and shape that allows an easy orientation in order to obtain transverse sections.

Published: 18 January 2019
Journal: EURO-NMD Publication

Recomended Standards for Muscle Biopsies

This publication is recommended by the Neuromuscular Pathology Working Group group.

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