P-cadherin expression in oral mucosa of smoker patients : An immunohistochemical study /
ظهور جزىء الكادهرين ب- فى الغشاء المخاطى الفموى عند المدخنين : دراسة هستوكيميائية
Sherien Ali Hassan ; Supervised Soheir Mohamed Gaafar , Hossam Eldin Hussein , Shaheenaz Gamal Eldin Elashery
- Cairo : Sherien Ali Hassan , 2009
- 118 Leaves : charts ; 30cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and dental Medicine - Department of Oral-Radiology and Diagnosis
The aim of our study is to assess the prevalence of P-CD expression in oral mucosa of smoker patients with and without oral smoker's keratosis and verify whether P-CD could be considered as a marker of prognosis in thses patients. Our results revealed basal and parabasal expression of P-CD in group 1, while, group 11 and 111 expressed P-CD in all epithelial cell layers except the keratin