Biopsy sampling requirements for the estimation of muscle capillarization

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 546-548

  Porter, Michelle M ^a   Koolage, Chris W ^a   Lexell, Jan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biopsy methods; Capillaries; Muscle, skeletal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CAPILLARIES; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0036788647     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10221     Document Type: Article

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