AgNOR quantification in cells of normal oral mucosa exposed to smoking and alcohol: A cytopathologic study

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-180

  Losekann Paiva, Ricardo ^a   Sant'Ana Filho, Manoel ^a   Luce Bohrer, Paula ^a   Da Silva Lauxen, Isabel ^a,b   Varvaki Rados, Pantelis ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Department of Oral Pathology   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Nucleolus organizer region; Oral mucosa; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARGYROPHILIA; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOWER LIP; MALE; MOUTH; MOUTH MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMEAR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TONGUE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; LIP; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; SMOKING; TONGUE;

EID: 2942604316     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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