Diagnostic value of AgNOR method in thyroid cytopathology: Correlation with morphometric measurements

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 140-144

  Solymosi, Tamás ^b   Tóth, Veronika ^b   Sápi, Zoltán ^b   Bodó, Miklós ^a   Gál, István ^b   Csanádi, László ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chromosome NOR; Cytology; Microfollicular adenoma; Nodular goitres; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID DISEASE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; SILVER STAINING; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029918432     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199603)14:2<140::AID-DC7>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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