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The challenges of muscle biopsy in a community based geriatric population

OBJECTIVES: To describe the difficulties of obtaining muscle samples using a Bergstrom needle technique in a frail older adult population. The data were obtained from a study primarily investigating immunosenescence in frailty. An intended research technique was skeletal muscle biopsy in a small sub...

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Autores principales: Wilson, Daisy, Breen, Leigh, Lord, Janet M., Sapey, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6260758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30477571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3947-8