Prognostic value of nuclear morphometry in feline mammary carcinomas

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-105

  De Vico, G ^a   Maiolino, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CAT; CELL NUCLEUS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030682182     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9975(97)80026-6     Document Type: Article

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