Heterogeneity of DNA ploidy pattern in carcinoma of the gallbladder: Primary and metastatic sites

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 886-894

  Futakawa, Noriaki ^a   Kimura, Wataru ^a   Ando, Hidehiko ^a   Muto, Tetsuichiro ^a   Esaki, Yoshiyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA ploidy pattern; Gallbladder carcinoma; Heterogeneity; Stemline

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL CLONE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030712889     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1997.tb00465.x     Document Type: Article

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