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Multinucleated giant cells in various forms of giant cell containing lesions of the jaws express features of osteoclasts.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 Jul 2003
Liu Bo, Yu Shi-Feng, Li Tie-Jun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The nature and the mechanism involved in the formation of the multinucleated giant cells (MGCs) in various giant cell-containing lesions of the jaws are not fully understood. The aim of this study is to clarify the osteoclastic features of the MGCs in central giant cell granuloma (CGCG), peripheral giant cell granuloma (PGCG), cherubism, and aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC), and the mechanism underlying the...
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