Dr. Mike Lawlor's Proposed Muscle Biopsy Checklist

Comment are encouraged!!!! Clinical History1.  Gender of patient:    __male ___female2.  Age at presentation:  _ _ years _ _ months3.  Age at biopsy: _ _ years _ _ months4.  Symptoms at presentation (check all that apply): Weakness Hypotonia Muscle pain Cardiac disease Central nervous system disease Respiratory difficulties Contractures Failure to thrive Others (see item 8)5.  Elevated creatine kinase:  Yes  No  Unknown _______ Patient Value _________(Normal Range)6.  Familial Inheritance:____None      ___Autosomal Recessive     ____Autosomal Dominant     ____X-linked7.  EMG Findings:____Not known        ____Myopathic              ____Neuropathic8.  Other symptoms, signs, and lab data: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Muscle Biopsy Tissue Information1.            Name of Muscle:___________________________________________________________________2.            S...
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