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. 1969 Mar;104(Pt 2):281–293.

An electron microscope study of fibre types in normal and dystrophic muscles of the mouse.

S A Shafiq, M A Gorycki, A T Milhorat
PMCID: PMC1232003  PMID: 5765753

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