Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 60-69 , June 2010

Potential biomarkers for the cytologic diagnosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma

  • Wei-Chung Vivian Yang

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu-Xing Street, Taipei 11042, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ho-Ren Chung

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jia-Yo Wu

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Dentistry, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chen Yi

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Duen-Jeng Wang

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sheng-Yang Lee

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 3 February 2010 ,Accepted 10 April 2010.

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