The argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region (Ag-NOR) score in invasive ductal carcinoma of the pancreas

Surgery Today

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 414-419

  Toyota, Nobuhiko ^a   Katano, Kuniyuki ^a   Takahashi, Sadamu ^a   Ohtani, Shinji ^a   Mizusawa, Kiyoaki ^a   Hamazoe, Ryuichi ^a   Kaibara, Nobuaki ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region (Ag NOR); invasive pancreatic ductal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS DUCT; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; HUMANS; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SILVER STAINING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030919037     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02385704     Document Type: Article

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