Morphologically distinct patterns of apoptosis correlate with size and high-grade dysplasia in colonic adenomas

Histopathology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 240-246

  Brodie, C M ^a   Crotty, P L ^a   Gaffney, E F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adenoma size; Colonic adenocarcinoma; Colonic tumorigenesis; Confluent basal apoptosis; Crypt lumen apoptosis; High grade dysplasia

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPT CELL; DYSPLASIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TISSUE SECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; APOPTOSIS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 1642565104     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0309-0167.2004.01813.x     Document Type: Article

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