Does the severity of tissue eosinophilia of colonic neoplasms reflect their malignancy potential?

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 239-244

  Kiziltaş, Şafak ^a,e   Ramadan, Saime Sezgin ^b   Topuzoǧlu, Ahmet ^c   Küllü, Sevgi ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b Department of Pathology   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Marmara Pathology Center   (Turkey)

^e NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colonic neoplasms; Serrated adenomas; Tissue eosinophilic infiltration

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 58149102000     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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