A morphometric study on human muscle mitochondria in aging

Journal of the American Aging Association

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-105

  Bertoni Freddari, Carlo ^a   Fattoretti, Patrizia ^a   Caselli, Ugo ^a   Giorgetti, Belinda ^a   Albanelli, Stefano ^a   Torelli, Francesco ^a   Felzani, Giorgio ^b   Vecchiet, Jacopo ^b  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SARCOLEMMA; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0036556907     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-002-0008-x     Document Type: Article

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