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School of Dentistry
Oral Pathology and Oral Biology
  
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Van Heerden, WFP
MChD(Mondpat)(Pret) PhD(Medunsa) - Prof/Head/Chief Stomatologist

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Contact details:

Telephone number: 012 319 2320
Fax number: 012 321 2225
E-mail address: wvheerd@medic.up.ac.za

Research interests:

The role of viruses in oral cancer

Tumour suppressor genes in oral cancer

Role of DNA ploidy in tumours of the head and neck/ DNA flow cytometry in head and neck tumors

Forensic dentistry

Research output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Van Heerden MB, Swart TJP, Van Heerden WFP: 2001. Rapid Acetone Tissue Processing: An Economical Alternative. Medical Technology SA, 14(2)/Dec, pp 320-322.

Van Heerden WFP, Swart TJP, Robson BA, Smith T-L, Engelbrecht S, Van Heerden MB, Heubner K, Van Rensburg EJ: 2001. FHIT RNA and Protein Expression in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Anticancer Research, 21, pp 2425-2428.

Van Heerden WFP, Swart TJP, Van Heerden MB, Pekarsky Y, Sutherland R, Heubner K: 2001. Fhit Protein Expression in Oral Epithelium: Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Three Antisera. Anticancer Research, 21, pp 2419-2424.