Epidermal growth factor receptor gene amplification and E-cadherin expression in head and neck carcinomas;Amplificación del gen del receptor del factor de crecimiento epidérmico y expresión de la E-cadherina en los carcinomas de cabeza y cuello

Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 482-487

  Rodrigo Tapia, Juan Pablo ^a,c   Dominguez Iglesias F ^b   Alvarez Marcos C ^b   Gonzalez Meana M V ^a   Garcia Pedrero J ^a   Suarez Nieto C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL VALLE DEL NALÓN   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cellular adhesion; E cadherin; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Head and neck; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; UVOMORULIN; CADHERIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 19044373469     PISSN: 00016519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6519(04)78558-1     Document Type: Article

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