Significance of AgNOR counts for distinguishing carcinoma from adenoma and hyperplasia in parathyroid gland

Human Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 421-427

  Kanematsu, Emiko ^a   Matsui, Hiroe ^b   Deguchi, Takashi ^b   Yamamoto, Osami ^b   Korematsu, Motoko ^b   Kobayashi, Akira ^b   Nezasa, Shin Ichi ^b   Yamamoto, Naoki ^b   Takeuchi, Toshimi ^b   Tanaka, Takuji ^b   Kawada, Yukimichi ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adenoma; AgNORs; carcinoma; hyperplasia; parathyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ARGYROPHILIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOSIS INDEX; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID CARCINOMA; PARATHYROID CELL; PARATHYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL;

EID: 12644302183     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(97)90030-7     Document Type: Article

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