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A quick, simple and reliable histochemical method for ATPase in human muscle preparations

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Round, J.M., Matthews, Y. & Jones, D.A. A quick, simple and reliable histochemical method for ATPase in human muscle preparations. Histochem J 12, 707–710 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01012026

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