Correlation Between Dysplasia and Ploidy Status in Oral Leukoplakia

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 322-327

  van Zyl, Andre W ^a   van Heerden, Marlene B ^a   Langenegger, Emil ^a   van Heerden, Willie F P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

DNA ploidy; Dysplasia; Flow cytometry; Leukoplakia; Oral mucosa; Potentially malignant disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLOIDY; PRECANCER;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; PLOIDIES; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 84865564962     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-012-0352-9     Document Type: Article

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