Goodness-of-fit of the fractal dimension as a prognostic factor

Cellular Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 503-504

  Metze, Konradin ^a   Lorand Metze, Irene ^a   Leite, Neucimar J ^a   Adam, Randall L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER RESEARCH; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHROMATIN; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; FRACTALS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 71949091628     PISSN: 15705870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/413571     Document Type: Letter

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