Cytologic grading and DNA image cytometry of breast carcinoma on fine needle aspiration cytology smears

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-20

  Dey, Pranab ^a,b   Luthra, Usha K ^a   Prasad, Asa ^a   Sheikh, Zafar A ^a   George, Sara Shirly ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast carcinoma; Breast neoplasms; Cytologic grading; Image cytometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TETRAPLOIDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEUPLOIDY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033018966     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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