Nuclear morphometry in relation to lymph node status in canine mammary carcinomas

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1005-1011

  De Vico, Gionata ^a   Maiolino, P ^b   Cataldi, M ^a   Mazzullo, G ^a   Restucci, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal model; Axillary dissection; Lymph node status; Mammary carcinomas; Nuclear morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIXED TUMOR; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447266431     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-006-0108-7     Document Type: Article

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