Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Dentistry
Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Biology
van Heerden, WFP
MChD(Mondpat)(Pret) PhD(Medunsa)FC(Path) SA Oral Path DSc(Odont)(Pret) - Prof/Chief Specialist
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
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
Oral Cancer
Veterinary Oral Pathology
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Boy SC, Bernitz H, van Heerden WFP: 2003. Flow cytometric evaluation of post-mortem pulp DNA degradation. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 24 (2) / Jun, pp 123-127.
Postma TC, van Heerden WFP: 2003. Is the Human Papillomavirus a Mutual Actiological Agent in Oral and Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma?. Anticancer Research, 23, pp 3509-3512.
van Heerden WFP, Ligthelm AJ: 2003. Differential diagnoses of white lesions in HIV/AIDS patients. Dental Horizons, 1 (1), pp 8-10.
van Heerden WFP, Raubenheimer EJ, Swart TJP, Boy SC: 2003. Intraoral salivary duct carcinoma: A report of 5 cases. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 61, pp 126-131.
Boy SC, Dinkel JE, Swart TJP, van Heerden WFP: 2003. Epstein-Barr virus prevalence in Burkitt's lymphomas in a South African population sample. Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection, 18 (1,2), pp 4-7.
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