Quantification of vascular density and of lumen and vessel morphology in endometrial carcinoma: Evaluation of their relation to serum levels of tissue polypeptide-specific antigen and CA-125

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Willemse, Feike ^a,b   Nap, Marius ^b   De Bruijn, Henk W A ^a   Hollema, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Service of Northern Friesland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CA 125 antigen; computer assisted; endometrial neoplasms; image analysis; tissue polypeptide specific antigen

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; TISSUE POLYPEPTIDE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BLOOD VESSELS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0031057560     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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