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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 12.
Published in final edited form as: Mech Ageing Dev. 1989 Jan;47(1):17–24. doi: 10.1016/0047-6374(89)90003-1

Table II. Data on Silver-Stained Nucleolar Organizer Regions (AgNORs) of Individuals at Various Ages With or Without Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type-II.

Age group No.of subjects No. of cells AgNOR average ± S.D. per cell Range AgNOR Data per chromosome group


D group G group
(M) (F)

Mean ± S.D. Range Mean ± S.D. Range
Control subjects
 Fetal (19—30 weeks gestation) 1 7 149 8.18 ± 0.69 7.2—9.3 5.1 ± 0.5 4.4—5.8 3.0 ± 0.9 2.0—4.0
 0—6 year olds 3 5 160 8.31 ± 0.74 7.1—9.5 4.9 ± 0.5 4.0—5.8 3.4 ± 0.7 2.0—4.0
 7—13 year olds 3 5 165 8.42 ± 0.86 7.2—9.6 4.9 ± 0.7 3.5—5.7 3.5 ± 0.5 2.6—4.0
 14—23 year olds 4 4 165 8.82 ± 0.86 7.3—9.8 5.3 ± 0.6 4.2—5.9 3.6 ± 0.4 3.1—4.0
 24—44 year olds 3 5 155 8.11 ± 0.70 7.1—9.1 5.1 ± 0.4 4.3—5.7 3.0 ± 0.6 2.1—3.8
 45—65 year olds 3 4 128 7.85 ± 0.85 6.5—8.6 4.6 ± 0.8 3.8—5.2 3.2 ± 0.3 2.8—3.6
 > 65 year olds 4 4 148 7.99 ± 0.76 6.8—9.1 4.9 ± 0.7 3.7—5.8 3.1 ± 0.4 2.6—3.9
Multiple endocrine neoplasia-type II
 25—58 year olds 6 7 262 8.52 ± 0.73 6.9—9.4 5.1 ± 0.8 3.0—5.9 3.4 ± 0.4 2.8—4.0