title: [An assessment of the proliferative activity in oral lichen planus].
abstract: The author's aim was to evaluate the cell proliferation of oral lichen planus, by an in vitro labelling technique using tritiated thymidine (TLI). For this purpose six patients with oral lichen planus and six control volunteers with oral mucosa clinically sound were studied. The cell kinetic parameter was investigated by counting cells from autoradiographs on histological sections of the biopsies. Significant differences were found between the basal TLI of the two group (p = 0.002) but no between the epithelial TLI (Wilcoxon test).
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Scienze Biomediche, Ospedale S. Paolo, Università degli Studi di Milano.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sardella
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carrassi
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002455:Cell Division; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000473:pathology*; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Valutazione dell'attività proliferativa del lichen planus orale.