Proliferative activity of keratoacanthoma and para-aramid-induced keratinizing squamous lesions of the lungs of rats as assessed by the proliferating cell nuclear antigen and nucleolar organizer regions

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 523-525

  Frame, S R ^a   Janney, D M ^a   Warheit, D B ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

AgNOR; cystic keratinizing squamous cell lesion; keratin cyst, lung; keratoacanthoma, lung; lung, keratoacanthoma; lung, squamous cell lesion; nuclear antigen, proliferating cell; nucleolar organizer region; para aramid; proliferating cell nuclear antigen; squamous cell lesion, lung

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; CYCLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FIBER; INHALATION; KERATOACANTHOMA; LUNG INJURY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA; ARAMIDAE;

EID: 0029803823     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-2993(96)80073-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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