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De novo programmed cell death in oral cancer.
Histopathology - 1 Mar 1999
Ravi D, Ramadas K, Mathew B S, Nalinakumari K R, Nair M K, Pillai M R
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AIM: The importance of programmed cell death or apoptosis in the maintenance of tissue homoeostasis and the pathogenesis of oral cancer was analysed in relation to apoptosis regulatory proteins, tissue proliferation and tumour histology. METHODS AND RESULTS: The extent of apoptosis was defined by morphological criteria and the TUNEL (terminal deoxy nucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP biotin nick end labelling)...
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