A quantitative study of silver-stained NORs in different segments of the normal human colorectal crypt

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 521-527

  Morais, M ^a   Dockery, P ^a,c   White, F H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

AgNORs; Colorectum; Epithelium; Stereology

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SILVER STAINING; STEREOLOGY; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CELL DIVISION; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; RECTUM; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0030036106     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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