Differences between contractions of fast and slow muscles after nerve grafting

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 351-359

  Carvalho, Andrew J ^b   Evans, Peter J ^b   McKee, Nancy H ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE;

EID: 0030795249     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1006415     Document Type: Article

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