The prognostic role of proliferation activity in human CNS tumours: The determination of AgNOR, PCNA and Ki-67 expression: Part 1: AgNOR expression in CNS tumours

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-101

  Janczukowicz, Janusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

AgNOR; Brain tumors; Nucleolar organiser regions; Proliferation activity

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67; SILVER;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN INJURY; CANCER GRADING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHROMOSOME NOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA;

EID: 0041869223     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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