Morphometric index of adult renal cell carcinoma. Comparison with the Fuhrman grading system

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 437, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 82-89

  Montironi, Rodolfo ^a   Santinelli, Alfredo ^a   Pomante, Roberto ^a   Mazzucchelli, Roberta ^a   Colanzi, Paola ^a   Longatto Filho, Adhemar ^b   Scarpelli, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnostic distance; Karyometry; Morphometry; Quantitative analysis; Renal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KARYOMETRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033936597     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280000216     Document Type: Article

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