Using a silver staining technique, nucleolar organizer region--associated proteins (AgNORS) were studied in formalin, fixed paraffin embedded tissue blocks of normal oral buccal mucosa epithelium, leu...
Dysplastic naevi (DN) are the major precursor lesions of malignant melanoma, yet the presumed mode of inheritance or genetic aetiology of DN remains controversial. The inheritance pattern of DN in fam...
In this study a cross-sectional survey was undertaken among 156 living family members of 31 probands originally classified as having sporadic (histologically verified) dysplastic nevus syndrome (DNS)....
A subepitheal myofibroblastic (SMF) cell layer has been described in the colon, and referred to as pericryptal myofibroblastic cell layer. SMF cells have been shown to produce basement membrane protei...
PURPOSE: Hypertension is an important complication of multicystic dysplastic kidney and it has been suggested that it is induced by renin. Little information is available on renin production in this d...
Even though the exact spectrum of tumors is not yet defined in the dysplastic nevus syndrome (DNS), the increasing frequency of associated cancers is remarkable. The observation of 4 patients with spo...