Comparative image and flow cytometric TUNEL analysis of fine needle samples of breast carcinoma

Communications in Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 150-156

  Maciorowski, Zofia ^a   Klijanienko, Jerzy ^a   Padoy, Eliane ^a   Mosseri, Véronique ^a   Fourquet, Alain ^a   Chevillard, Sylvie ^a   El Naggar, Adel K ^b   Vielh, Philippe ^b  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Breast carcinoma; Flow cytometry; Image analysis; TUNEL assay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING;

EID: 0035875484     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.1099     Document Type: Article

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