Micronucleus frequencies in exfoliated buccal cells in normal mucosa, precancerous lesions and squamous cell carcinoma

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 486-492

  Casartelli, G ^a   Bonatti, S ^a   De Ferrari, M ^a   Scala, M ^a   Mereu, P ^a   Margarino, G ^a   Abbondandolo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buccal mucosa; Micronuclei; Mouth neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MICRONUCLEUS; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEEK; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ERYTHROPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034538412     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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