Image analysis of cellular DNA content in peritoneal fluid of patients with ovarian tumors of low malignant potential and invasive epithelial ovarian cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 204-209

  Guidozzi, Franco ^a,b   Szumel, Richard C ^a   Ball, Jacqueline H S ^a   Johnston, Dennis A ^a   Katz, Ruth L ^a   Kidd, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA CONTENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OVARY CANCER; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029928118     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0125     Document Type: Article

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