Possible involvement of stem cell factor and endothelin-1 in the emergence of pigmented squamous cell carcinoma in oral mucosa

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 621-624

  Satomura, Kazuhito ^a   Tokuyama, Reiko ^a   Yamasaki, Yasuhumi ^a   Yuasa, Tetsuya ^a   Tatehara, Seiko ^a   Ishimaru, Naozumi ^a   Hayashi, Yoshio ^a   Nagayama, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Melanocytosis; Oral cancer; Oral mucosa; Pigmentation; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; STEM CELL FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOTHELIN-1; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSIS; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 35348952559     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2007.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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