Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions staining is useful in predicting recurrence-free interval in oral tongue and floor of mouth squamous cell carcinoma

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 684-688

  Teixeira, Gilberto ^a,c   Antonangelo, Leila ^a   Kowalski, Luiz ^b   Saldiva, Paulo ^a   Ferraz, Alberto ^a   Silva Filho, Gilberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Federal de Educação de Santa Catarina   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030443370     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00306-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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