Evaluation of tumor development from the viewpoint of the three-dimensional configuration of isolated crypts in colorectal adenomas with a type IIIL pit pattern

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 635-639

  Tadokoro, Takehisa ^a   Tamura, Satoru ^a   Furuya, Yasuo ^a   Araki, Keijiro ^a   Onishi, Saburo ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Development; Isolated crypt; Morphogenesis; Pit pattern; Three dimensional configuration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 4344640609     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-004-1358-1     Document Type: Article

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