VEGF expression from human dysplastic or malignant oral epithelium may be related to mast cell density and the subsequent angiogenetic phenomena

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1467-1473

  Michailidou, E Z ^a   Markopoulos, A K ^a   Antoniades, D Z ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Leukoplakia with dysplasia; Leukoplakia without dysplasia; Mast cell density; MCD; Microvessel density; MVD; Neoangiogenesis; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; OSCC; Vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGF

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; MAST CELL; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84869888665     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: 13990020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2011.12.038     Document Type: Article

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