Muscle histopathology in spastic cerebral palsy

Brain and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-303

  Ito, Jun ichi ^a   Araki, Akiko ^a   Tanaka, Hajime ^a   Tasaki, Takumi ^a   Cho, Kazuhiko ^a   Yamazaki, Ryoko ^a  

^a Asahikawa Habilitation Ctr D   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gastrocnemius muscle; Histopathology; Type 1 fiber predominance; Type 2B fiber deficiency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; SPASTICITY; TIME;

EID: 0030197706     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(96)00006-X     Document Type: Article

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