Koilocytosis in oral squamous cell carcinoma: What does it mean?

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-31

  Al Qahtani, Khalid ^a   Brousseau, Valérie ^a   Paczesny, Diana ^a   Domanowski, Gerard ^a   Hamid, Qutayba ^a   Hier, Micheal ^c   Black, Martin ^a   Franco, Eduardo ^a   Kost, Karen ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Human papillomavirus; Koilocytosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 11; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 6; KOILOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

BETA-GLOBULINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34248649046     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2006.0049     Document Type: Review

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