Enumeration of leukocyte infiltration in solid tumors by confocal laser scanning microscopy

BMC Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Biggerstaff, J ^a   Weidow, B ^a   Amirkhosravi, Ali ^b   Francis, John L ^b  

^a Center for Biomarker Analysis   (United States)

^b FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NEUROBLASTOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERITONEUM CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR IMMUNITY; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ANTIGENS, CD; CELL MOVEMENT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33747355499     PISSN: 14712172     EISSN: 14712172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-7-16     Document Type: Article

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