Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology
Volume 113, Issue 2 , Pages 239-244 , February 2012

Adhesion molecule L1 is down-regulated in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors versus benign neurofibromatosis type 1–associated tumors

  • Marco Blessmann, MD, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Marco Blessmannn, MD, DMD, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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  • Alexander Gröbe, MD, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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  • Alexander Quaas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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  • Jussuf T. Kaifi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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  • Georgios Mistakidis, MD, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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  • Christian Bernreuther, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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  • Guido Sauter, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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  • Stephanie Gros, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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  • Tamina Rawnaq, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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  • Reinhard Friedrich, MD, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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  • Victor F. Mautner, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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  • Ralf Smeets, MD, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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  • Max Heiland, MD, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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  • Melitta Schachner, ScD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
    • Center for Neuroscience, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationMelitta Schachner, ScD, PhD, Center for Neuroscience, Shantou University Medical College, 22 Xin Ling Road, Shantou 515041, P.R. China
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  • Jakob R. Izbicki, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Received 6 January 2011 ,Revised 14 April 2011 ,Accepted 15 April 2011.

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 The first 2 authors contributed equally to this work.

 Supported by research grants from the “Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V.”/Dr. Mildred Scheel Stiftung” to J.T.K. and M.S.

PII: S1079-2104(11)00271-X

doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2011.04.019

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology
Volume 113, Issue 2 , Pages 239-244 , February 2012

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