Fundamentals of the morphometric approach in neuropathology

Neuropathology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-67

  Oyanagi, Kiyomitsu ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Mapping; Morphometry; Quantitative examination; Stereology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0037353490     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.2003.00485.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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