Measurement of isolated myocyte volume using the Coulter® Models Z2 and ZM/C256: A comparison of instrument function

BioTechniques

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 522-525

  Said, Suleman ^a   Tamura, Tetsutaro ^a   Martin Gerdes, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031717561     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/98253pf02     Document Type: Article

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