Quantitation of argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions in regenerating muscle fibers in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies and polymyositis

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 247-252

  Tuccari, Giovanni ^a   Giuffrè, Giuseppe ^a   Crisafulli, Costantino ^a   Monici, Maria C ^a   Toscano, Antonio ^a   Vita, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region (AgNOR); Dystrophinopathies; Morphometric AgNOR analysis; Muscle regeneration

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE REGENERATION; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE SECTION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; POLYMYOSITIS; REGENERATION; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0032980944     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050981     Document Type: Article

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