Dr. Valerie Ann Murrah D.M.D.
Pathologist | Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
Unc School Of Dentistry Cb# 7450 Chapel Hill NC, 27599Rating
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Dr. Valerie Murrah is a pathologist practicing in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Murrah is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Murrah can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Murrah may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Interactive Atlas of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology from DentalMedSoft, Inc.
- Establishment of a human polyclonal oral epithelial cell line.
- Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma versus pleomorphic adenoma of minor salivary glands: resolution of a diagnostic dilemma by immunohistochemical analysis with glial fibrillary acidic protein.
- The future of oral and maxillofacial pathology.
- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of inflammation associated with the temporomandibular joint.
- Urgent care in the dental school setting: analysis of current environment and
- Dentistry and the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of oral cancer in North Carolina.
- Oral and maxillofacial pathology: quality diagnostics for the present and the future.
- Orofacial metastasis of pulmonary giant cell carcinoma.
- Distinctive pattern of glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity useful in distinguishing fragmented pleomorphic adenoma, canalicular adenoma and polymorphous low grade adenocarcinoma of minor salivary glands.
- The spectrum of gnathic osteosarcoma: caveats for the clinician and the pathologist.
- Carcinoma cuniculatum of the oral mucosa: a potentially underdiagnosed entity in the absence of clinical correlation.
- Why the general dentist needs to know how to manage oral lichen planus.
- Is Oral Biopsy Associated With Change in Tobacco or Alcohol Use?
- Antibody testing and counseling of dental patients at risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and associated clinical findings.
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