Definition of the microvascular pattern of the normal human adult mammary gland

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 599-603

  Naccarato, Antonio G ^a   Viacava, Paolo ^a   Bocci, Guido ^a   Fanelli, Giovanni ^a   Aretini, Paolo ^a   Lonobile, Antonino ^a   Montruccoli, Giancarlo ^b   Bevilacqua, Generoso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b 'Madre Fortunata Toniolo' Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Hormone receptors; Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Normal breast; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DUCT; CAPILLARY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMARY GLAND; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0345099290     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2003.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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