Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 540-547 , August 2010

Validation of an automated computational method for skeletal muscle fibre morphometry analysis

  • Fleur Garton

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  • Jane T. Seto

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    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Kathryn N. North
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  • Nan Yang

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 9845 1453.

Received 19 February 2010 ,Revised 26 May 2010 ,Accepted 7 June 2010.

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PII: S0960-8966(10)00266-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2010.06.012

Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 540-547 , August 2010

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