Evaluation of argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions (agNORs) in oral carcinomas in relation to human papillomavirus infection and cytokinetics

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 310-314

  Chatterjee, R ^a   Mukhopadhyay, D ^a   Chakraborty, R N ^a   Basu Mitra, R ^b  

^a CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

AgNORs; Cytokinetics; HPV; Nucleolar organizer regions; Oral carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031214747     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1997.tb00221.x     Document Type: Article

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