Quantification of the global and local complexity of the epithelial-connective tissue interface of normal, dysplastic, and neoplastic oral mucosae using digital imaging

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 199, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 475-482

  Eid, Rasha Abu ^a   Landini, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complexity; Epithelial dysplasia; Fractals; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DYSPLASIA; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH MUCOSA; PRECANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0042381698     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00448     Document Type: Article

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