Expression and distribution of CD44 and hyaluronic acid in human vocal fold mucosa

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 741-748

  Sato, Kiminori ^a   Sakamoto, Kikuo ^a   Nakashima, Tadashi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD44; Glycosaminoglycan; Hyaluronic acid; Larynx; Macula flava; Stellate cell; Vocal fold

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIDASE; PROTEIN CD44; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MICROSCOPY; MUCOSA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STELLATE CELL; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 33750036699     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940611501005     Document Type: Article

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