Muscle and tendon size relationships in a paralyzed chick embryo model of clubfoot

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 314-318

  Germiller, John A ^a   Lerner, Amy L ^a   Pacifico, Rodney J ^a   Loder, Randall T ^a,b   Hensinger, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Urology Institute Case Medical Center University Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Clubfoot; Muscle; Paralysis; Tendon

Indexed keywords

DECAMETHONIUM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHICK EMBRYO; CLUBFOOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FOOT MALFORMATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CLUBFOOT; DECAMETHONIUM COMPOUNDS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HINDLIMB; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; PARALYSIS; TENDONS;

EID: 0031948307     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199805000-00008     Document Type: Article

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