Chromatin texture analysis of cortical adrenal gland adenomas, including incidentalomas, and adjacent normal-appearing cortical tissue

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-243

  Scarpelli, Marina ^a,c   Baccarini, Maria Grazia ^a   Colanzi, Paola ^a   Arnaldi, Giorgio ^a   Montironi, Rodolfo ^a   Thompson, Deborah ^b   Bartels, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Ospedale Regionale Torrette   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenomas; Adrenal cortex neoplasms; Adrenal cortical; Carcinoma; Chromatin texture analysis; Computed assisted; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CHROMATIN; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034098399     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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