Correlations of Oral Tongue Cancer Invasion with Matrix Metalloproteinases(MMPs) and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor(VEGF) Expression
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Kim Se-Heon
(Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Cho Nam-Hoon (Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) Lim Jae-Yul (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) Kim Ji-Hoon (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) Kim Jeong-Hong (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) Chang Jung-Hyun (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) Choi Eun-Chang (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) |
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