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IT has often been stated that hyperplasia in human striated muscle is completed early in fœtal life. This belief is based on the single report of total fibre counts in the sartorius muscle by MacCallum1 and on the negative findings of Cuajunco2 that in the biceps brachialis muscle division of fibres could not be detected after mid-gestation. Tello3, on the other hand, deduced from the morphological appearances that new fibres might appear in human muscle up to the time of birth.
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MONTGOMERY, R. Growth of Human Striated Muscle. Nature 195, 194–195 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195194a0
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