Nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) evaluation of lingual salivary glands of chronic alcoholics

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 585-589

  Severgnini, M ^a   Ferraris, M E ^b,c   Carranza, M ^a,b  

^a UNLP CIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AgNORs; Alcohol; Lingual salivary glands; Transcriptional activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME NOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SECRETION; SILVER STAINING; TONGUE;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASES; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; SILVER STAINING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TONGUE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036846106     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2002.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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