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Cytotoxic intraepithelial lymphocytes in colorectal polyps and carcinomas.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Rubio C A, Jacobsson B, Castaños-Velez E
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) was investigated in 255 colorectal lesions: in 18 metaplastic polyps, in 159 tubular, serrated and villous adenomas, in 28 incipient adenocarcinomas and in 50 overt adenocarcinomas. > or = 21 IELs were found in 13.6% (12/88) of the adenomas with high grade dysplasia (HGD) but in none of the 18 metaplastic polyps, the 71 adenomas with low grade dysplasia (LGD), or...
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