Gamma irradiation can reduce muscle damage in mdx dystrophic mice

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 564-568

  Granata, Anna Luisa ^a   Vecchi, Cesare ^a   Graciotti, Laura ^a   Fulgenzi, Gianluca ^a   Maggi, Stefania ^b   Corsi, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Regional Hospital of Ancona   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma irradiation; mdx mice; Membrane fusion; Muscle dystrophy; Satellite cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE CELL; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0031796832     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050936     Document Type: Article

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