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Muscle biopsy
From MEpedia, a crowd-sourced encyclopedia of ME and CFS science and history
A muscle biopsy is a clinical procedure to remove a sample of muscle for examination.
Theory[edit | edit source]
Evidence[edit | edit source]
Research has found numerous abnormalities in the muscles of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients, including evidence of persistent enteroviral infection, including Coxsackie B as well as mitochondrial abnormalities.[citation needed]
A muscle biopsy can not be used to diagnosis ME/CFS - at present no diagnostic test has been developed.
Subgroup[edit | edit source]
Cost and availability[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Diagnostic biomarker
- Muscle
- Muscle fatigability
- Muscle weakness
- Muscle pain
- Muscle fasciculations
- Muscle spasm
