Shifts in cellular localization of moesin in normal oral epithelium, oral epithelial dysplasia, verrucous carcinoma and oral squamous cell carcinoma

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 344-349

  Kobayashi, Hiroichi ^a   Sagara, Junji ^a   Masumoto, Junya ^a   Kurita, Hiroshi ^a   Kurashina, Kenji ^a   Taniguchi, Shuníichiro ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dysplastic lesion; ERM; Immunohistochemistry; Moesin; Oral mucosa; Oral squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

MOESIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH MUCOSA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCREENING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VERRUCOUS CARCINOMA;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, VERRUCOUS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0038466073     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2003.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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