Detection of apoptotic cells in tumour paraffin sections

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Pižem, Jože ^a   Cör, Andrej ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspases; DNA fragmentation; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE CLEAVED TARGET PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 18; DNA FRAGMENT; FORMALDEHYDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CELL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 1642528828     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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