Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions in auditory meatal skin and middle ear cholesteatoma

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 545-548

  Sudhoff, H ^a   Fisseler Eckhoff, A ^b   Stark, T ^a   Borkowski, G ^a   Luckhaupt, H ^a   Cooper, J ^c   Michaels, L ^c  

^a St Elisabeth Hospital Bochum   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AgNOR; Auditory meatal skin; Cholesteatoma; Middle ear

Indexed keywords

SILVER NITRATE;

ARGENTAFFIN CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0031421851     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1997.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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