Is the frequency of mitoses and PCNA positive cells in tissues affected by delay in fixation? Lessons for accurate tumor grading

Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 328-333

  Laroye, Guy J ^a,b  

^a AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Fixation; Mitosis; N methyl N nitrosurea; Neoplasm; Proliferation cell nuclear antigen; Rat; Stereology; Systematic random sampling; Tumor grade; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; RAT; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0030425624     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029600169284     Document Type: Article

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