Human Pathology
Volume 39, Issue 8 , Pages 1212-1220 , August 2008

Expression of claudins 1, 4, 5, and 7 and occludin, and relationship with prognosis in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue

  • Ibrahim O. Bello, BDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostics and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Finland and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
    • Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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  • Suvi-Tuuli Vilen, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Ahti Niinimaa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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  • Saara Kantola, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostics and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Finland and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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  • Ylermi Soini, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pathology, Universities of Oulu and Kuopio, and Oulu and Kuopio University Hospitals, Finland
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  • Tuula Salo, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostics and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Finland and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Diagnostics and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland.

Received 28 May 2007 ,Revised 12 December 2007 ,Accepted 13 December 2007.

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 The study was supported by the Academy of Finland, Oulu University Central Hospital EVO grants (OUCH-EVO), Finland, the Finnish Cancer Research Foundation, the Foundation of the Finnish Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Finland, the Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse, Helsinki, Finland.

PII: S0046-8177(08)00003-8

doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.12.015

Human Pathology
Volume 39, Issue 8 , Pages 1212-1220 , August 2008