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APOPTOSIS ONSET AND BAX PROTEIN DISTRIBUTION IN SPINAL MOTONEURONS OF NEWBORN RATS FOLLOWING SCIATIC NERVE AXOTOMY

TAKI TIRAIHI Departments of Anatomical Sciences and Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran
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MOHAMMED JAFFER REZAIE Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran
Pages 1163-1175 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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