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Exfoliative cytology of normal oral mucosa. Assessing the basal cell keratin phenotype.
Acta cytologica - 1 Jan 2000
Ogden G R, Leigh I, Chisholm D M, Cowpe J G, Lane E B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To attempt to evaluate the likelihood that normal keratin (antibody LH8) expression might contribute to a false positive diagnosis when sampling a lesion affecting the oral mucosa. STUDY DESIGN: Smears were taken from four oral sites (buccal mucosa, hard palate, dorsal tongue, ventral tongue) in 28 patients using the Axibrush. These were processed using a standard avidin-biotin technique, and the...
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