Bcl-2 correlates with tumor ploidy and nuclear morphology in early stage prostate carcinoma

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 197, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 487-492

  Maffini, Maricel V ^a   Ortega, Hugo H ^a   Stoker, Cora ^a   Giardina, Raúl H ^a   Luque, Enrique H ^a   Muñoz de Toro, Mónica M ^a,b  

^a Fac of Biochem and Biological Sciences Nacional del Litoral   (Argentina)

^b M Nica Muntilde   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspirates; Immunocytochemistry; In situ apoptosis; Morphometry; Prognostic Predictive factors

Indexed keywords

DNA; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANEUPLOIDY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOANALYSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NICK END LABELING; PLOIDY; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REFERENCE VALUE; TETRAPLOIDY; TISSUE SECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0034913648     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00116     Document Type: Article

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