Nuclear morphometry as a predictor of disease outcome in gastric cancer

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-50

  Setälä, Leena ^a   Lipponen, Pertti ^b   Kosma, Veli Matti ^a   Marin, Sinikka ^a   Eskelinen, Matti ^a   Syrjänen, Kari ^a   Alhava, Esko ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

gastric cancer; Lauren classification; nuclear morphometry; prognosis; TNM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KARYOMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 1842406598     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199701)181:1<46::AID-PATH716>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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