3H-Thymidine labelling index (TLI) as a marker of tumour growth heterogeneity: Evaluation in human solid carcinomas

Cell Proliferation

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 117-126

  Becciolini, A ^a   Balzi, M ^a   Barbarisi, M ^a   Faraoni, P ^a   Biggeri, A ^b   Potten, C S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Department of Statistics ^*  (Italy)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CARCINOMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LABELING INDEX; LARYNX CANCER; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

TRITIUM;

EID: 0030728389     PISSN: 09607722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.1997.tb00928.x     Document Type: Article

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