Comparative nuclear morphometric analysis of aggressive and non-aggressive squamous cell carcinomas of the skin

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-117

  Narvaez, D ^a   Kanitakis, J ^a   Euvrard, S ^a   Schmitt, D ^a   Faure, M ^a   Claudy, A ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

morphometry; nucleus; organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; KARYOMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030970467     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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