Morphometric Comparison between Controlateral Sciatic Nerves in the Male and Female Rabbit

Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-150

  Muglia, U ^a,b   Vita, G ^a,b   Laura', R ^a,b   Mammola, C L ^a,b   Germana', G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; RABBIT; SCIATIC NERVE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RABBITS; SCIATIC NERVE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031156579     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.1997.tb00115.x     Document Type: Article

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