Covert persistence of mdx mouse myopathy is revealed by acute and chronic effects of irradiation

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-116

  Pagel, C N ^a   Partridge, T A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mdx mouse; Muscular dystrophy; Myonecrosis; Radiation; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; IONIZING RADIATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; TIBIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; CREATINE KINASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGENERATION; STAINING AND LABELING; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033120705     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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