Quantitative assessment of basement membranes in soft tissue tumours. Computerized image analysis of laminin and type IV collagen

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 184-187

  Nigar, Ezra ^a   Dervan, Peter A ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Basement membranes; Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Laminin; Soft tissue tumours; Type IV collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; LAMININ;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; NEOPLASMS, CONNECTIVE TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031812124     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199806)185:2<184::AID-PATH78>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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