Nucleolar organizer regions as a prognostic factor in surgically treated lung cancer patients

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 204-207

  Lee, Y C ^a   Chang, D B ^a   Lee, J M ^a   Luh, S P ^a   Kuo, S H ^a   Chang, Y L ^a   Lee, C J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Nucleolar organizer regions; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME NOR; DNA CONTENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SILVER STAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029837413     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1012017     Document Type: Article

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