Correlations of oral tongue cancer invasion with matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression
β Scribed by Se-Heon Kim; Nam Hoon Cho; Kyubo Kim; Jin Seok Lee; Bon Seok Koo; Jeong Hong Kim; Jung Hyun Chang; Eun Chang Choi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 458 KB
- Volume
- 93
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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