Assessing Microvessel Density in Gastric Carcinoma: A Comparison of Three Markers

Polish Journal of Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 249-252

  Białas, Magdalena ^a   Okoń, Krzysztof ^a   Czopek, Jacek ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAINING; STEREOMETRY; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH TUMOR; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD31; ANTIGENS, CD34; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SEX FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 1242330459     PISSN: 12339687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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