Study of borderline and invasive mucinous ovarian tumors using Ki-67 (MIB 1) antibodies and nucleolar organizer region (NOR) staining

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 29-33

  Terlikowski, S ^a   Sulkowski, S ^b   Lenczewski, A ^a   Musiatowicz, B ^a   Kulikowski, M ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs); Ki 67 (MIB1); Ovarian mucinous tumors; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033371498     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004040050257     Document Type: Article

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