Accuracy of the three-window sampling method in morphometric analysis of human sural nerve

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 154-157

  Chentanez, Vilai ^a   Cha oumphol, Phinidda ^a   Kaewsema, Athitaya ^a   Agthong, Sithiporn ^a   Huanmanop, Thanasil ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Sampling; Sural nerve morphometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; AXONS; BIOPSY; CADAVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 33748141246     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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