Objectivity and quantification in lung disease
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Objectivity and quantification in lung disease.
Introduction Histopathologists have been slow to measure the tissue changes they have observed, slow even to count cell populations and thus they have failed to benefit as much as they might from what they have seen. In the last 20 years or so the application of quantitative methods of analysis has gained ground in research and, to a lesser extent, in diagnosis. This paper illustrates some of t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.51.600.711