Sentences with phrase «small skin biopsy»

«The disability level aligned with the quantity of amyloid (protein clumps) present makes intuitive sense, but we were really amazed that the information from a small skin biopsy would correlate so well with disease severity,» says Polydefkis.

In a report on their study, published June 20 as an Early View article online in Annals of Neurology, the Johns Hopkins team found that increasing levels of the protein clumps corresponded with worsening nerve damage, indicating that the smaller skin biopsies they used appear to work well as a measure of disease severity.

To diagnose an autoimmune problem, your veterinarian will take small skin biopsies and send them to a veterinary pathologist to determine the underlying problem.

Not exact matches

Currently, skin biopsy is the accepted standard for measuring the loss of small, unmyelinated C fibers in the epidermis, one of the earliest detectable signs of peripheral nerve damage.

Johns Hopkins physicians report success in a small study of a modified skin biopsy that hastens the earlier diagnosis of an inherited and progressively fatal nerve disease and seems to offer a clearer view of the disorder's severity and progression.

The skin biopsies were washed in Ca / Mg - free Dulbecco's Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS, Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, http://www.invitrogen.com) and minced into approximately 12 smaller pieces before being seeded onto gelatin - coated 6 - well cell culture plates (Corning Enterprises, Corning, NY, http://www.corning.com) containing mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) media consisting of Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10 % fetal bovine serum (FBS, Invitrogen) and 100 IU / ml penicillin - streptomycin (Invitrogen), and cultured at 37 °C in a 5 % CO2 incubator.

A nerve biopsy involves removing a small piece of peripheral nerve through an incision in the skin.

I have been diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy via skin punch biopsy.

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Small samples can sometimes be collected after local anesthesia is used, e.g., a skin biopsy.

This test is not a blood test, but a small biopsy of the skin at the site of the tick bite is tested.

The most common uses of local anesthetics in the rabbit include minor skin procedures (skin biopsies, small tumor removals, IV catheter placement), ophthalmic procedures (tear duct flushing and thorough eye exam) and nasoesophageal tube placement (the drops are put in the nose so the small tube can be placed in the awake patient without discomfort).

In this procedure, a local anesthetic is injected into selected areas of skin and an instrument called a «punch biopsy» (which resembles a tiny cookie cutter) is used to remove small plugs of skin.