Correlation of apoptosis with the distribution and composition of lymphocytic infiltrate in human breast carcinomas

Anticancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6 C, 1996, Pages 3991-3996

  Grekou, Alexandra N ^a,b   Toliou, Theano ^a   Stravoravdp, Pelagia ^a   Patakiouta, Frideriki ^a   Tsoukalas, Thomas ^a   Pinakidis, Markos ^a   Keramidas, George ^a  

^a THEAGENIO CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Breast cancer; NK cells; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030485542     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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