title: Quantitative analysis of nuclear population in muscle from malnourished and recovered children.
abstract: Muscle tissue obtained by needle biopsy from the quadriceps femoris of eight malnourished and eight recovered children were examined histologically. In both groups about two-thirds of the total nuclear count was due to muscle nuclei. The remaining one-third was made up of vascular, nerve, and interstitial cells and isolated nuclei in similar proportions in the two groups. A significantly greater percentage of muscle nuclei consisted of myogenic cells in recovered children as compared to malnourished children (20.7 +/- 6.4 vs. 2.6 +/- 1.4%).
mesh_terms: D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000032:analysis / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA