making muscle wasting history

Myglobinuria

• Last Edited: 3 Jul 2009
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Myoglobin is found in muscles.The main function of Myoglobin is to carry oxygen to the muscle cells. Myoglobinuria is the presence of Myoglobin in the urine.Ideally Myoglobin should be filtered an...

Tags: Myoglobinuria, urine, discolored, discoloration, myopathies, dark urine, abnormal.

Muscle biopsy

• Last Edited: 2 Sep 2009
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According to general medicine a muscle biopsy is a procedure in which a piece of muscle tissue is removed from the body and examined under a microscope. A biopsy needdle is usually inserted into a...

Tags: myopathies, neuropathies, histological pathology.