Fluorescence spectroscopy of neoplastic and non-neoplastic tissues

Neoplasia

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 89-117

  Ramanujam, Nirmala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell; Fluorescence spectroscopy; In vivo; Neoplasia; Tissue

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENZYME; LIPID; PORPHYRIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; VITAMIN;

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034050985     PISSN: 15228002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.neo.7900077     Document Type: Review

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