Prognostic implications of microvessel morphometry in diffuse astrocytic neoplasms

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-66

  Korkolopoulou, P ^a,b   Patsouris, E ^a   Kavantzas, N ^a   Konstantinidou, A E ^a   Christodoulou, P ^a   Thomas Tsagli, E ^a   Pananikolaou, A ^a   Eftychiadis, C ^a   Pavlopoulos, P M ^a   Angelidakis, D ^a   Rologis, D ^a   Davaris, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Astrocytomas; CD34; Morphometry; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD34; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 18244362124     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.2002.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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