The value of histomorphometric nuclear parameters in the diagnosis of well differentiated follicular carcinomas and follicular adenomas of the thyroid gland

Histopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 453-461

  Eldar, S ^a   Sabo, E ^b   Cohen, A ^a   Misselevich, I ^b   Abrahamson, J ^a   Cohen, O ^a   Kelner, J ^a   Boss, J H ^a,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer assisted image analysis; Follicular adenoma; Follicular neoplasms; Histomorphometry; Thyroid gland; Well differentiated follicular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 0033056395     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1999.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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