Oral Oncology
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 357-364 , June 2001

Vascular invasion in squamous cell carcinomas of human oral mucosa

  • Kanae Niimi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University, 2-5274 Gakkoucho-dori, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
    • ,
  • Michiko Yoshizawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University, 2-5274 Gakkoucho-dori, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
    • ,
  • Tamio Nakajima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University, 2-5274 Gakkoucho-dori, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
    • ,
  • Takashi Saku

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University, 2-5274 Gakkoucho-dori, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-25-227-2832; fax: +81-25-227-0805

Received 23 August 2000 ,Accepted 4 September 2000.

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Oral Oncology
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