The application of stereological methods for estimating structural parameters in the human heart

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1630-1647

  Tang, Yong ^a,b   Nyengaard, Jens R ^a   Andersen, Johnnie B ^a   Baandrup, Ulrik ^a   Gundersen, Hans Jørgen G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capillary; Cardiomyocyte; Cardiomyocyte nucleus; Heart; Left ventricle; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMETRY; CAPILLARIES; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449669434     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20952     Document Type: Article

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