Morphometric evaluation of NB84, synaptophysin and AgNOR is useful for the histological diagnosis and prognosis in peripheral neuroblastic tumors (pNTs)

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Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 731-740

  Carvalho, Aparecida De Cássia ^a   Parra, Edwin Roger ^a   Zerbini, Maria Cláudia ^a   Alves, Venâncio Avancini Ferreira ^b   Capelozzi, Vera Luiza ^a   Antonangelo, Leila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AgNOR; DNA ploidy; NB84; Neuroblastoma; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549103113     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322007000600013     Document Type: Article

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