Image cytometry analysis of Feulgen-stained nuclei in 72 lipomatous lesions including atypical lipomas and well-differentiated liposarcomas

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-297

  Berthe, Jean Valery ^a   Goldschmidt, Denis ^a   Salmon, Isabelle ^a   Decaestecker, Christine ^b   Remmelink, Myriam ^a,f   Petein, Michel ^c   Pasteels, Jean Lambert ^a   Roels, Hendrik ^d   Frierson Jr , Henry ^e   Kiss, Robert ^a,g,h  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f Fondation Erasme   (Belgium)

^g FNRS   (Belgium)

^h FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atypical lipoma; Chromatin pattern; Feulgen staining; Image cytometry; Lipomatous tumors; Ploidy; Proliferation; Sarcomas; Well differentiated liposarcoma

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; DNA; MYOGLOBIN; MYOSIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; FEULGEN STAINING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9544225186     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/106.3.289     Document Type: Article

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