Detection of apoptotic cells in cytology specimens: An application of TdT-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling to cell smears

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 398-402

  Sasano, Hironobu ^a   Yamaki, Hideo ^a   Nagura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytology; Fixation; Smear; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BIOTIN; DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; FIXATIVE; METHANOL; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; APOPTOSIS; BIOTIN; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DEOXYURACIL NUCLEOTIDES; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031872044     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199806)18:6<398::AID-DC3>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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