Apoptosis and mitosis in oral and oropharyngeal epithelia: Evidence for a topographical switch in premalignant lesions

Cell Proliferation

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 447-456

  Birchall, M ^a,d   Winterford, C ^b   Tripconi, L ^c   Gobe G ^b   Harmon, B ^c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH MUCOSA; OROPHARYNX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029912667     PISSN: 09607722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.1996.tb00987.x     Document Type: Article

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