Nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) in adenomyosis

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 433-437

  Madej, Paweł ^a   Plewka, Andrzej ^a   Madej, Janusz A ^b   Plewka, Danuta ^a   Rutkowski, Tomasz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Veterinary Academy   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Cell proliferation activity; Silver binding argyrophilic nucleolar organizing regions (AgNORs)

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARGENTAFFIN CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURFACE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SILVER STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33646532889     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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