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IN human hypertrophic hearts an increase in volume of the heart muscle fibres and an enlargement of the cell nucleus can be observed. Linzbach1 has proved that a true enlargement in numbers of heart muscle fibres can be found with heart hypertrophy of more than 500 g (numerical hyperplasia).
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SANDRITTER, W., SCOMAZZONI, G. Deoxyribonucleic Acid Content (Feulgen Photometry) and Dry Weight (Interference Microscopy) of Normal and Hypertrophic Heart Muscle Fibres. Nature 202, 100–101 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202100a0
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