Diagnostic and prognostic value of nucleolar organizer regions in normal epithelium, dysplasia, and squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity

Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2200-2208

  Xie, Xin ^a   Clausen, Ole Petter Fraas ^a   Sudbö, Jon ^b   Boysen, Morten ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

histopathology; nucleolar organizer regions; oral carcinoma; prognosis; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUTH CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0031011709     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19970601)79:11<2200::aid-cncr19>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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