Distribution of non-diploid flow-cytometric DNA indices and their relation to the nodal metastasis in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck

Invasion and Metastasis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 184-191

  Wennerberg, Johan ^a   Baldetorp, Bo ^a   Wahlberg, Peter ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Flow cytometry; Metastasis; Ploidy; Squamous cell

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLOIDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING; STEM CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0032232870     PISSN: 02511789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024511     Document Type: Article

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