Micronucleus - An upcoming marker of genotoxic damage

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-126

  Kamboj, Mala ^a   Mahajan, Sumita ^b  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Conventional; Fluorescent stainings; Leukoplakia; Micronucleus assay; Oral exfoliated cells; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; METHODOLOGY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUTH TUMOR; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34249705297     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-006-0075-y     Document Type: Article

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