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Genotypic and phenotypic expression of vocal fold polyps and Reinke's edema: a preliminary study.
The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology - 1 Apr 2002
Thibeault Susan L, Gray Steven D, Li Wenhua, Ford Charles N, Smith Marshall E, Davis R Kim
Abstract excerpt
Although a great deal of research exists regarding lamina propria composition, no report exists that relates gene expression in benign laryngeal lesions to phenotypic markers. In this study, messenger RNA profiles for extracellular matrix proteins--procollagen I, collagenase, elastase, fibronectin, fibromodulin, decorin, hyaluronic acid synthase 2, and hyaluronidase--were completed on 5 polyps and 4 Reinke's...
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