Towards more readily comprehensible procedures in disector stereology (multiple letters)

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 707-710

  Schmitz, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CELL COUNT; LETTER; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030846282     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018506113256     Document Type: Letter

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