AgNOR staining in malignant and benign effusions

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-32

  Akhtar, Gul Naz ^a,c   Chaudrhy, Naseer Ahmed ^b   Tayyab, Muhammad ^b   Khan, Saeed Akhtar ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b Postgraduate Medical Institute   (Pakistan)

^c PCSIR Housing Society Phase 1   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

AgNOR count; Cytology; Effusions

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARGYROPHILIC NUCLEOLAR REGION; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; EFFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MESOTHELIUM CELL; NUCLEOLUS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PLEURA EFFUSION; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 1842474297     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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