Assessment of nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) in proliferative conditions of the liver

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 421-426

  Siddiqui, M Shahid ^a   Soomro, Irshad N ^a   Kayani, Naila ^a   Muzaffar, Suhail ^a   Hasan, Sheema H ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

AgNOR; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

SILVER NITRATE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGIST; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0033049642     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(99)80016-8     Document Type: Article

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