Analysis of spatial structure of epidermal nerve entry point patterns based on replicated data

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 228-239

  Myllymaki M ^a   Panoutsopoulou, I G ^b   Sarkka A ^c,d  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidermal nerve fiber; Mixed model; Pooled K function; Replicated pattern; Spatial point pattern

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

COVARIATES; ENTRY POINT; EPIDERMAL NERVE FIBERS; FIBER DENSITY; K-FUNCTION; MIXED MODELING; POOLED K FUNCTION; REPLICATED PATTERN; SPATIAL POINT PATTERN; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

FIBERS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; EPIDERMAL NERVE ENTRY POINT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 84865360918     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2012.03636.x     Document Type: Article

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