Estimating object number in biological structures

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1049-1066

  West, Mark J ^a  

^a NONE

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ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; DENTATE GYRUS; GEOMETRY; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MECHANICAL PROBE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STEREOMETRY; BIOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY;

BIOMETRY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 84867089674     PISSN: 19403402     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top071423     Document Type: Article

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