Section thickness and mitotic counts in ovarian mutinous carcinoma. Methodological study with scanning confocal microscopy

Analytical Cellular Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-262

  Kujari, Harry P ^a   Collan, Yrjö U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Mitotic index; Mucinous carcinoma of the ovary; Section thickness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOSIS; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOTIC INDEX; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING;

EID: 0029955665     PISSN: 09218912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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