Tumor size and karyometric variables in brain astrocytoma

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 473-477

  Kostic, Aleksandar ^a   Mihailovic, D ^b   Veselinovic, S ^c   Tasic, D ^d   Stefanovic, I ^a   Novak, V ^a   Stojanovic, N ^a   Veselinovic, D ^c   Pavlovic, S ^e  

^a Clinic of Neurosurgery   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Pathological Anatomy   (Serbia)

^c Clinical Centre Nis   (Serbia)

^d Clinical Center of Serbia   (Serbia)

^e Institute of Anatomy   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Brain astrocytoma; Karyometry; Survival; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOMETRY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350048034     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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