Motor unit physiology: Some unresolved issues

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  2001

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  Muscle and Nerve

• Publication date

  2001-01-01

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  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1002/1097-4598(200101)24:1<4::AID-MUS13>3.0.CO;2-FPMID 11150961
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