Validation of a simple, rapid, and economical technique for distinguishing type 1 and 2 fibres in fixed and frozen skeletal muscle

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 375-380

  Behan, W M H ^a   Cossar, D W ^a   Madden, H A ^a   McKay, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036260879     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.55.5.375     Document Type: Article

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