Myofibrillar myopathy: No evidence of apoptosis by TUNEL

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 861-863

  Amato, Anthony A ^a   Jackson, Carlayne E ^a   Lampkin, Shellye ^a   Kagan Hallet, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0033541084     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.4.861     Document Type: Article

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