A confocal microscopic study of solitary pulmonary neuroendocrine cells in human airway epithelium

Respiratory Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Weichselbaum, Markus ^a,b   Sparrow, Malcolm P ^a,b   Hamilton, Elisha J ^a,b,c   Thompson, Philip J ^a,b   Knight, Darryl A ^a,b,d  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG TUMOR; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACOTOMY; ADULT; AGED; BRONCHUS; CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHI; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE;

EID: 27644532358     PISSN: 1465993X     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-6-115     Document Type: Article

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