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what the risks are nerve biopsy, biopsy, nerve, a nerve biopsy, removal of a small piece of a nerve, examination, sural nerve, ankle, superficial radial nerve, wrist, the sites most often used, biopsy, a local anesthetic, numb the area, a small incision is made, the nerve is removed, sample is then examined using either a regular, light, microscopic, an electron microscope, individual nerve fibers, examined, , no special preparation, infants, children, test depends on child's age, prepare child, infant test, procedure preparation, birth to 1 year, toddler test, procedure preparation, 1 to 3 years, preschooler test, procedure preparation, 3 to 6 years, schoolage test, procedure preparation, 6 to 12 years, adolescent test, procedure preparation, 12 to 18 years, amount, pain, procedure depends on the patient, a local anesthetic is used, discomfort, minimal, anesthetic, burn, sting, first injected, feel tender, sore, nerve biopsy performed to help distinguish between demyelination, destruction of parts, the myelin sheath covering the nerve, axon degeneration, destruction, the axon portion, the nerve cell, to identify inflammatory nerve conditions, neuropathies, to confirm specific diagnoses, there is normal nerve anatomy, no abnormal growths, inclusions, conditions, disorders that revealed, necrotizing vasculitis, amyloidosis, sural nerve biopsy, often used, sarcoidosis, leprosy, metabolic neuropathies, inflammation, the nerve, loss of axon tissue, demyelination, additional conditions under which the test performed, alcoholic neuropathy, axillary nerve dysfunction, brachial plexopathy, charcot-marie-tooth disease, hereditary, common peroneal nerve dysfunction, distal median nerve dysfunction, mononeuritis multiplex, mononeuropathy, necrotizing vasculitis, neurosarcoidosis, radial nerve dysfunction, tibial nerve dysfunction, permanent nerve damage, uncommon, minimized by careful site selection, discomfort, infection, a slight risk, the skin is broken, allergic reaction, local anesthetic, nerve biopsy is invasive, useful only in certain circumstances, diagnosis of asymmetric, multifocal nerve disorders, a nerve is palpably enlarged, enlargement, felt, the fingers, suspected inherited pediatric nerve disorders.