Tendon Remodeling in Response to Resistance Training, Anabolic Androgenic Steroids and Aging

Vinicius Guzzoni1, Heloisa Sobreiro Selistre-de-Araújo2, Rita de Cássia Marqueti3

  • 1Departamento de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa 58051-970, Paraíba, Brazil. vinicius.guzzoni@gmail.com.

Cells
|December 15, 2018
PubMed

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