Abnormal buccal mucosa cell morphology
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0031476
Term info
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Buccal mucosa cells are easy to obtain and are a useful model of some other diseases. For instance, muccal mucosa cells from arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy patients exhibit changes in the distribution of cell junction proteins similar to those seen in the heart.
created by
peter
date
2017-09-17T22:04:47Z
definition
Any structural anomaly of the cells of the mucosa of the oral cavity in the region of the cheek (buccal mucosa cells).