Validation of endobronchial biopsy specimens for nerve quantitation by computer-assisted image analysis

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 545-548

  Jesenik, Friedrich ^a   Springall, David R ^a   Redington, Anthony E ^b,c   Doré, Caroline J ^a   Abrams, Don Carlos ^a   Holgate, Stephen T ^b   Howarth, Peter H ^b   Polak, Julia M ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Biopsy; Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Nerves; Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; GENE PRODUCT; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CELL DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG RESECTION; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; BRONCHI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0033674364     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9896(200012)192:4<545::AID-PATH755>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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