Oral submucous fibrosis. A review

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 294-299

  Cox, S C ^a   Walker, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Histopathology; areca nut; betel quid; Oral cancer: risk factors; Oral submucous fibrosis: aetiology

Indexed keywords

BETEL NUT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUTH; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH TUMOR; MUTATION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ARECA; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENES, P53; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; INDIA; MALE; MOUTH; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MUTATION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RISK FACTORS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 0030253349     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1996.tb03136.x     Document Type: Review

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