Apoptosis is not the mechanism of cell death of muscle fibers in human muscular dystrophies and inflammatory myopathies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1328-1330

  Olivé, Montserrat ^a   Martinez Matos, Juan Antonio ^a   Montero, Jordi ^a   Ferrer, Isidro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Muscular dystrophy; Necrosis; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; POLYMYOSITIS; RATS;

EID: 0030778993     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199710)20:10<1328::AID-MUS20>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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