EGFR gene amplification in glioblastomas: Is there a relationship with morphology of tumor cell nuclei and proliferative activity?

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-143

  Nafe, R ^a   Glienke, W ^a   Schlote, W ^a   Schneider, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor receptor; Gene amplification; Glioblastoma

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; DENSITOMETRY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, ERBB-1; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 0035027992     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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