Morphometric analysis of AgNORs in uveal malignant melanoma

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 483-492

  Staibano, Stefania ^a,c   Orabona, Pasquale ^a   Mezza, Ernesto ^a   Salvatore, Gaetano ^a   Tranfa, Fausto ^a   Capone, Domenico ^a   Errico, Maria E ^a   Bonavolontà, Giulio ^a   Lucariello, Antonio ^b   De Rosa, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Morphometry; Nucleolus organizer region; Prognosis; Uveal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UVEA TUMOR;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; PROGNOSIS; SILVER STAINING; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032410008     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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