Methodological issues in size estimation of myelinated nerve fibers in peripheral nerves

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1-10

  Geuna, S ^a   Tos, Pierluigi ^b   Guglielmone, Renzo ^a   Battiston, Bruno ^b   Giacobini Robecchi, Maria G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bias; Nerve fibers; Precision; Quantitative morphology; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; ANIMAL; BIOMETRY; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; CELL SIZE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; NERVE FIBERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 0034905724     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290100188     Document Type: Article

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