Immunohistochemical detection of desmosomes in oral squamous cell carcinomas: Correlation with differentiation, mode of invasion, and metastatic potential

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 346-349

  Harada, T ^a   Shinohara, M ^a   Nakamura, S ^a   Shimada, M ^a   Oka, M ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cervical lymph node metastasis; desmosome; immunohistochemistry; oral squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOSOMES; HUMAN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0027099764     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0901-5027(05)80759-3     Document Type: Article

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