Comparison of DNA ploidy and nuclear morphometric parameters with the conventional prognostic factors in transitional cell carcinomas

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 141-148

  Onguru, Onder ^a   Celasun, Bulent ^a   Gunhan, Omer ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bladder; Carcinoma; DNA ploidy; Image analysis; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PROGNOSIS; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUPERFICIAL CANCER; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PLOIDIES; PROGNOSIS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037366757     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.199.141     Document Type: Article

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