An evaluation of the role of nuclear cytoplasmic ratios and nuclear volume densities as diagnostic indicators in metaplastic, dysplastic and neoplastic lesions of the human cheek

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-77

  White, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

cellular atypia; dysplasia; epithelium; morphometry; nuclear cytoplasmic ratio; nuclear volume density; oral cancer; oral mucosa; squamous cell carcinoma; squamous cell papilloma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METAPLASIA; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH MUCOSA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEEK; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; METAPLASIA; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; STOMATITIS;

EID: 0031018501     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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