Correlation of two argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region counting methods with the Ki-67 labeling index in uterine smooth muscle cell tumors

Pathology International

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 142-147

  Sawada, Tatsuo ^a   Niihashi, Mari ^a   Oinuma, Toshinori ^a   Takekawa, Yoshinori ^a   Yoshida, Takao ^a   Sakurai, Isamu ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AgNOR; immunohistochemistry; Ki 67; proliferative activity; smooth muscle cell tumor

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LABELING INDEX; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0029657763     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1996.tb03590.x     Document Type: Article

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