Nuclear size of myocardial cells in end-stage cardiomyopathies

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 174-180

  Yan, Shao Min ^a   Finato, Nicoletta ^a   Di Loreto, Carla ^a   Beltrami, Carlo Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathies; DNA; Image cytometry; Myocardial diseases; Nuclear size; Ploidies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA DETERMINATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; FIBROBLASTS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; KARYOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; PLOIDIES;

EID: 0032946178     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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