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A morphometric study of nuclei, nucleoli and nuclear bodies in goitres and papillary thyroid carcinomas

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Significant positive correlations were found between the nuclear surface-to-volume ratio and the volumetric density of nucleoli, as well as between the volumetric density of nucleoli and the volumetric and numerical densities of complex nuclear bodies in goitres and papillary thyroid carcinomas.

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  1. Laboratory of Pathology, Oporto Medical School, Laboratório de Anatomia Patológica, Hospital de S. João, Oporto, Portugal

    M. A. Sobrinho-Simões, V. Gonçalves, F. Sousa-Lé & V. Cardoso

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This study was granted by I.N.I.C. (Projecto MbP 3).

Acknowledgments. We thank Prof. D. Serrão for reviewing the manuscript and Mrs M. Bento and M. Nascimento and Miss M. Sameiro for their technical assistance.

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Sobrinho-Simões, M.A., Gonçalves, V., Sousa-Lé, F. et al. A morphometric study of nuclei, nucleoli and nuclear bodies in goitres and papillary thyroid carcinomas. Experientia 33, 1642–1643 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01934047

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