Steel's potential doubling time and its estimation in cell populations affected by nonuniform cell loss

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 61-89

  Bertuzzi, Alessandro ^a   Gandolfi, Alberto ^a   Sinisgalli, Carmela ^a   Iacoviello, Daniela ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER; TUMOR CELL;

BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030801943     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(97)00002-3     Document Type: Article

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