Evaluation of argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions in oral tumor progression

Micron

Volumn 33, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 605-608

  Spolidorio, L C ^a   Neves, K A ^a   Soares, C P ^a   Spolidorio, D M P ^a   Basso, M F M ^a   Malavazzi, I ^a   Almeida, O P ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argyrophilic nucleolar regions; Dysplasia; Oral carcinoma; Oral mucosa; Tumor progression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; LEUKOPLAKIA; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0036446038     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(02)00031-8     Document Type: Article

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