Analysis of textural indices of buccal epithelium nuclei upon benign and malignant processes in thyroid gland

Experimental Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 260-263

  Ganina, K P ^a   Boroday, N V ^a   Kljushin, D A ^b   Petunin, Yu I ^b  

^a R E KAVETSKY INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroiditis; Buccal epithelium; DNA optical density; Malignancy associated changes; Nodular goiter; Textural descriptors; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347623771     PISSN: 02043564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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