Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

NERVE BIOPSIES:

Diagnostic procedures available for peripheral nerve biopsies include histochemical stains for primary myelin loss, primary axon loss, vasculopathies or vasculitis.  These procedures are helpful in evaluating and differentiating: 

• Chronic or acute demyelinating neuropathies
• Primary axonopathies
• Vascular neuropathies