DNA-ploidy studies on cytological preparations from breast cancers by image analysis: Comparison with Feulgen staining performed in destained Papanicolaou slides

Communications in Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 293-297

  Sidoni, Angelo ^a,b   Cavaliere, Antonio ^a   Alunno, Patrizia ^a   Bucciarelli, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO MONTELUCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

breast carcinoma; DNA analysis; Feulgen stain; image cytometry; preparation method

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMETRY; FEMALE; FEULGEN STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEUPLOIDY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; DIPLOIDY; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROSANILINE DYES; STAINING AND LABELING; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030453254     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19961215)26:4<293::AID-CYTO9>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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