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PTCH-1 and MDM2 expression in ameloblastoma from a West African sub-population: implication for chemotherapeutics.
The Pan African medical journal - 1 Jan 2015
Udeabor Samuel Ebele, Adisa Akinyele Olumuyiwa, Lawal Ahmed Oluwatoyin, Barbeck Mike, Booms Patrick, Sader Robert Alexander, Ghanaati Shahram
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INTRODUCTION: Ameloblastoma is a slow growing, painless odontogenic swelling which can attain sizes that result in severe deformities of the craniofacial complex. It is the most commonly encountered odontogenic tumor in Nigeria. Surgical intervention is currently the method of treatment; however identification of altered molecular pathways may inform chemotherapeutic potential. The Protein Patched homolog 1...
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