Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 318-324 , April 2010

Histological changes in masticatory muscles of mdx mice

  • Alexander Spassov

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Greifswald, Rotgerber Str. 8, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 3834 867119; fax: +49 3834 867113.
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  • Tomasz Gredes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Greifswald, Rotgerber Str. 8, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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  • Tomasz Gedrange

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Greifswald, Rotgerber Str. 8, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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  • Silke Lucke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Greifswald, Rotgerber Str. 8, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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  • Dragan Pavlovic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Greifswald, Friedrich-Loeffler Str. 23c, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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  • Christiane Kunert-Keil

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Greifswald, Rotgerber Str. 8, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
    • Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Greifswald, Greifswalder Str. 11C, 17495 Karlsburg, Germany

,Accepted 6 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2010.02.005

Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 318-324 , April 2010

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