Diagnostic value of nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs) in brush biopsies of suspicious lesions of the oral cavity

Analytical Cellular Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 139-146

  Remmerbach, Torsten W ^a   Weidenbach, Horst ^a   Müller, Conrad ^a   Hemprich, Alexander ^a   Pomjanski, Natalja ^b   Buckstegge, Birgit ^b   Böcking, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AgNOR analysis; Brush biopsy; Cancer screening; Diagnostic accuracy; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOPLAKIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH CAVITY; ORAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILVER STAINING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0037944259     PISSN: 09218912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2003/647685     Document Type: Article

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