Morphometric distinction of signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma cells from foamy macrophages in gastric endoscopic biopsies

Polish Journal of Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-147

  Kram, Andrzej ^a   Peychewa, Marieta ^b   Bachurska, Svetlana ^b   Domagala, Wenancjusz ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Gastric biopsy; Macrophages; Morphometry; Signet ring cell adenocarcinoma; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FOAM CELL; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; STOMACH TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; FOAM CELLS; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 81355154338     PISSN: 12339687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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