Prognostic value of flow cytometry and correlation to some conventional prognostic factors: A retrospective study of archival specimens of 134 astrocytomas

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 146-151

  Vavruch, Ludek ^a   Nordenskjöld, Bo ^b   Carstensen, John ^b   Eneström, Sverker ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

astrocytoma; flow cytometry; multivariate analysis; paraffin embedded tissue; prognosis; retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHILD; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029976461     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.1.0146     Document Type: Article

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