Measurements of Structural Parameters in Cardiac Muscle

The Physiological Basis of Starling's Law of the Heart

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 13-30

  Page, Sally G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac muscle; Cardidc tissues; Dehydration; Electron microscope; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960273234     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470720066.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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