Argyrophilic nuclear organizer regions in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and paraneoplastic epithelia

Head and Neck

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 395-399

  Chen, Maohuai ^a   Lee, Joseph C K ^b   Lo, Shikyuen ^b   Shen, Jian ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs); Epithelium; Image analysis; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Silver stain

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME NOR; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SILVER STAINING; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CELL DIVISION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0344080573     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10222     Document Type: Article

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