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BIOPSY, NERVE
A procedure which involves the removal of a littlespecimen of nervetissue for microscopic analysis.
The ankle or wrist are the most general sites used for nerve biopsy. Conditions such as amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, metabolic polyneuropathy, leprosy, demyelination, alcoholic neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-tooth malady, peronealnerve dysfunction, mononeuritis multiplex and another polyneuropathies may be detected using this learn.