Morphometric studies on myonuclei in athletes

Biology of Sport

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-104

  Cabric M ^a   James, N T ^b   Resic A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Athletes; Morphometry; Myonuclei

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242341835     PISSN: 0860021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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