Characterization of an amorphous deposit in the lamina propria in oral snuff users in the Sudan as collagen

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 157-162

  Idris, A M ^a   Warnakulasuriya, K A A S ^b,c   Ibrahim, Y E ^a   Hartley, R ^c   Paterson, K ^c   Patel, B ^c   Nilsen, R ^d   Johnson, N W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amorphous deposit; Amyloid; Collagen; Oral mucosa; Smokeless tobacco; Toombak; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032054512     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1998.tb01933.x     Document Type: Article

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