Histochemical and metabolic characteristics of human skeletal muscle in relation to age

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 107-114

  Essen Gustavsson, B ^a   Borges, O ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE ENZYME;

AGE; CYTOLOGY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0022541433     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1986.tb07793.x     Document Type: Article

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