Correlations between mitotic and apoptotic indices, number of interphase NORs, and histological grading in squamous cell lung cancer

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 408-417

  Čemerikić Martinović, Vesna ^a,c   Trpinac, Dušan ^b   Ercegovac, Maja ^a  

^a ORL Institute   (Yugoslavia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Department of Lung Pathology ^*  (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

AgNOR; Apoptosis; Lung cancer; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; GRADING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

AGNOR; APOPTOTIC; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; INDEX NUMBERS; LUNG CANCER; MITOSIS; MITOTIC INDEX; PROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; TUMOUR CELLS;

CELL DEATH;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERPHASE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 2642656321     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980301)40:5<408::AID-JEMT7>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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