Morphometrical characterization of two glioma models in the brain of immunocompetent and immunodeficient rats

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-67

  Saini, Marco ^a   Bellinzona, Mattia ^a   Meyer, Frerk ^a   Cali', Gaetano ^b   Samii, Madjid ^a  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Dept of Molecular and Cell Biology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Brain; Model; Rat; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL LINE; CELL SHAPE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; GLIOMA; GLIOMA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; MORPHOMETRICS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; GLIOMA; HUMANS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, NUDE; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032912525     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006128825766     Document Type: Article

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