Nuclear grading and flow cytometric DNA pattern in fine-needle aspirates of primary breast cancer

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 116-120

  Bozzetti, Cecilia ^a   Nizzoli, Rita ^b   Naldi, Nadia ^b   Guazzi, Annamaria ^b   Camisa, Roberta ^b   Manotti, Laura ^b   Pilato, Francesco Paolo ^b   Mazzini, Giuliano ^b   Cocconi, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; DNA flow cytometry; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Grade

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; DNA CONTENT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; PLOIDIES;

EID: 0029738309     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199608)15:2<116::AID-DC6>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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