Micronucleus assay in buccal smears of breast carcinoma patients

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 664-666

  Dey, Pranab ^a   Samanta, Swapan ^a   Susheilia, Shaily ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

breast; buccal smear; carcinoma; chromosomal damage; micronucleus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; ORAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84864244834     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21589     Document Type: Article

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