Determination of proliferative activity in nasal polyps

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 923-928

  Hassid, Sergio ^a   Degaute, Marie Pierre ^b   Dawance, Sandra ^a   Rombaut, Katja ^b   Nagy, Nathalie ^b   Choufani, Georges ^a   Decaestecker, Christine ^c   Danguy, André ^c   Salmon, Isabelle ^b   Kiss, Robert ^c  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Service d'Anatomie Pathologique

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Feulgen; Image cytometry; Immunohistochemistry; Nasal polyps; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEULGEN STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9844222856     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.11.923     Document Type: Article

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