A difference in nuclear morphometry when frozen rather than fresh tissue is studied

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 471-473

  Geisler, John P ^a   Wiemann, Michael C ^a   Zhou, Z ^b   Miller, Greg A ^b   Geisler, Hans E ^a  

^a ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Lab Diagn and Analyt Cytometry   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Nuclear morphometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROTOMY; OPTICS;

EID: 0030708655     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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