Quantity of AgNOR in gastric endocrine carcinoid tumours as a potential prognostic tool

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-50

  Giuffre G ^a   Mormandi, F ^b   Barresi, V ^a   Bordi, C ^b   Tuccari, Giovanni ^a,c   Barresi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AgNORs; Gastric carcinoid; Prognosis; Proliferation; Standardised AgNOR analysis

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOLAR ORGANIZER REGION ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SILVER STAINING; STOMACH TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH; CARCINOID; CHROMOSOME NOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CARCINOID TUMOR; ENDOCRINE GLAND NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SILVER STAINING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33744967751     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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