Fatty acid synthase expression is increased in neoplastic lesions of the oral tongue

Head and Neck

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 325-329

  Krontiras, Helen ^a   Roye, G Dean ^a   Beenken, Samuel E ^a   Myers, Russell B ^b   Mayo, Matthew S ^c   Peters, Glenn E ^d   Grizzle, William E ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acid synthase; Immunohistochemistry; Oral tongue neoplasm

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPITHELIUM; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033031059     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199907)21:4<325::AID-HED6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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