Erratum: Improved computer-assisted analysis of the global lymphatic network in human cervical tissues (Modern Pathology (2014) 27 (887-898) DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2013.195);Improved computer-assisted analysis of the global lymphatic network in human cervical tissues

Modern Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 887-898

  Balsat, Cédric ^a   Signolle, Nicolas ^a   Goffin, Frédéric ^b   Delbecque, Katty ^b   Plancoulaine, Benoit ^c   Sauthier, Philippe ^d   Samouëlian, Vanessa ^d   Béliard, Aude ^b   Munaut, Carine ^a   Foidart, Jean Michel ^a   Blacher, Silvia ^a   Noël, Agnès ^a   Kridelka, Frédéric ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Department of Medical Imaging   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cancer; cervix; computerized; distribution; lymphatic; metastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER TISSUE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; IMAGE PROCESSING; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84901845635     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2016.196     Document Type: Erratum

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