Nuclear mean gray level and chromatin distribution changes in cardiomyocytes of heart transplant recipients suffering from acute cellular rejection

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 325-327

  Zakliczynski, M ^a   Nozynski, J ^a   Lange, D ^b   Zembala Nozynska, E ^a   Konecka Mrowka D ^a   Zembala, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MUSCLE CELLS;

EID: 33644525628     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.12.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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