Significance of ceramide and DNA ploidy in laryngeal carcinogenesis

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Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 283-288

  Yuan, Yasheng ^a   Chi, Fanglu ^a   Wang, Shuyi ^a   Wang, Zhengmin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ceramide; DNA ploidy; Laryngeal neoplasms; Precancerous conditions

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; DATA BASE; DIPLOIDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA CONTENT; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX DISORDER; LARYNX MUCOSA; LEUKOPLAKIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLOIDY; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANEUPLOIDY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERAMIDES; DIPLOIDY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LEUKOPLAKIA; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLOIDIES; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34548379898     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103872     Document Type: Article

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