Number and location of nucleoli and presence of apoptotic bodies in diagnostically challenging cases of prostate adenocarcinoma on needle biopsy

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1172-1177

  Aydin, Hakan ^a   Zhou, Ming ^b   Herawi, Mehsati ^c   Epstein, Jonathan I ^c  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptotic bodies; Mitotic figures; Nuclei; Nucleoli; Prostate

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; GLEASON SCORE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEOLUS; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; STAINING; UROLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELL NUCLEOLUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; PROSTATIC DISEASES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 27544475511     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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