Histological parameters for the quantitative assessment of muscular dystrophy in the mdx-mouse

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 675-682

  Briguet, Alexandre ^a   Courdier Fruh, Isabelle ^a   Foster, Mark ^a   Meier, Thomas ^a   Magyar, Josef P ^a  

^a MyoContract Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Histology; mdx mouse; Variance coefficient

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; WILD TYPE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; INDOLES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 4444305799     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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