Predictive variables for the biological behaviour of basal cell carcinoma of the face: Relevance of morphometry of the nuclei

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 147-150

  Appel, Thorsten ^a   Bierhoff, E ^a   Appel, K ^b   von Lindern, J J ^a   Berge S ^a   Niederhagen, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Biological behaviour; Morphometric analysis; Nuclei; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FACE CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 0038108664     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-4356(03)00074-3     Document Type: Article

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