Correlation of β-catenin expresssion and metastasis in tongue squamous cell carcinoma

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 513-517

  Freitas, Roseana De Almeida ^a   Silveira, Ericka Janine Dantas ^a   Da Silveira, João Paulo Borges ^b   Da Silva, Fabyanne Mazutti ^b   De Amorim, Rivadávio Fernandes Batista ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta catenin; Carcinoma; Cell adhesion; Neoplasm metastasis; Squamous cell; Tongue

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

BETA CATENIN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650468758     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502010000600010     Document Type: Article

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