Stage-related differences of mitotic and apoptotic indices, and bcl-2 protein expression in diffusely growing non-Hodgkin's lymphomas

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 436-440

  Spina, Donatella ^a   Leoncini, Lorenzo ^a   Megha, Tiziana ^a   Del Vecchio, Maria T ^a   Minacci, Chiara ^a   Poggi, Simonetta ^b   Pileri, Stefano ^b   Tosi, Piero ^a   Kraft, Rainer ^c   Laissue, Jean A ^c   Cottier, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 10544245681     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19961115)68:4<436::AID-IJC6>3.3.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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