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1373195

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-12
pubmed:abstractText
An argyrophil technique for the staining nucleolar organizer regions (AgNOR) was applied to cytological preparations obtained from bronchoscopic brushing materials. The number of AgNOR has been thought to be related to cellular activation. To differentiate malignant cells from non-malignant atypical cells, this study was carried out in 20 cases of adenocarcinoma of the lung (mean AgNOR: 18.34), 12 cases of pulmonary inflammatory diseases (mean AgNOR: 6.54) and 10 normal bronchial epithelial specimens for control (mean AgNOR: 2.07). On the basis of AgNOR number, we could differentiate between the three groups. The differences observed were statistically highly significant (p less than 0.0001). Moreover, the nucleolar organizer regions (NOR) in cancer cells were found the more irregularly distributed and more variable in sized than those in atypical and normal bronchial columnar cells. We suggest that the AgNOR technique will find increasing application as a complementary test in diagnostic cytopathology.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0257-5655
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
136-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Application of staining of nucleolar organizer regions in cytological smears of the bronchus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article