Spatial organization and correlations of cell nuclei in brain tumors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Jiao, Yang ^a   Berman, Hal ^b   Kiehl, Tim Rasmus ^c   Torquato, Salvatore ^d  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METASTASIS; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; WHITE MATTER; GLIOMA; PATHOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL NUCLEUS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 81155134363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027323     Document Type: Article

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