Stereologic estimation of mean nuclear volume in well-differentiated adenocarcinoma and carcinoma in situ of the gallbladder

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 445-448

  Elpek, Gülsüm Özlem ^a,b   Gelen, Tekinalp ^a,b   Güleç, Faruk ^a,b   Şedele, Murat ^a,b   Karpuzoǧlu, Tuncer ^a,b   Süleymanlar, Inci ^a,b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Pathology ^*

Author keywords

Gallbladder neoplasms; Mean nuclear volume; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032740944     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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