Distribution of physiological types of motor units in the cat peroneus tertius muscle
β Scribed by L. Jami; K. S. K. Murthy; J. Petit; D. Zytnicki
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 743 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-4819
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