Distinguishing cortical adrenal gland adenomas from carcinomas by their quantitative nuclear features

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-138

  Scarpelli, Marina ^a   Montironi, Rodolfo ^b   Mazzucchelli, Roberta ^b   Thompson, Deborah ^b   Bartels, Peter H ^b  

^a Ospedale Regionale Torrette   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KARYOMETRY; PLOIDIES;

EID: 0032958342     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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