A model for determining baseline morphometrics of the capillary bed in skeletal muscle

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 172-177

  Gregory, Michael A ^a   Mars, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MONKEY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CAPILLARIES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; EXTREMITIES; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

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