Apoptosis in breast cancer

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-196

  Nijhawan, Raje ^a   Hemachandran, Manikkapurath ^a   Joshi, Kusum ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Aspiration biopsy; Breast cancer

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTECTOMY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037344483     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326503     Document Type: Article

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