Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , March 2009

Concomitant upregulation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in lesions and circulating plasma of oral lichen planus

  • Lo-Lin Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Stomatology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Oral Medicine Center, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shun-Fa Yang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chung-Hung Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Oral Pathology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Yung Chou

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Stomatology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Oral Medicine Center, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Chao Chang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Stomatology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Oral Medicine Center, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Stomatology, College of Oral Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Chien-Kuo North Road, Section 1, Taichung 40201, Taiwan

Received 17 November 2008 ,Accepted 22 January 2009.

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PII: S1991-7902(09)60002-7

doi: 10.1016/S1991-7902(09)60002-7

Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , March 2009

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