Four cases (19%) underwent an erosion repair procedure before the buccal mucous membrane transplant procedure (Table 2). Three initial repairs involved a corneal patch graft with superficial ...

Renita White, MD, is an obstetrician/gynecologist at Georgia Obstetrics and Gynecology in Atlanta, Georgia. Her areas of expertise include fibroids, irregular vaginal ...

Epithelia are protected from adverse conditions by a mucous barrier. The secreted and transmembrane mucins that constitute the mucous barrier are largely unrecognized as effectors of carcinogenesis.

Electron microscopy of areas of focal metaplasia also suggests that there is considerable heterogeneity among the cells in these areas with features of both gastric and intestinal mucous secreting ...