Oscillations in growth of multicellular tumour spheroids: A revisited quantitative analysis

Cell Proliferation

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 344-353

  Gliozzi, A S ^a   Guiot, C ^b   Chignola, R ^c,d   Delsanto, P P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR SPHEROID;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GROWTH; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

EID: 77954254515     PISSN: 09607722     EISSN: 13652184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2010.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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