A study to evaluate the efficacy of toluidine blue and cytology in detecting oral cancer and dysplastic lesions

Quintessence International

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-59

  Rahman, Farzan ^a   Tippu, Shoaib R ^a   Khandelwal, Suneet ^a   Girish, K L ^a   Manjunath, B C ^a   Bhargava, Akshay ^a  

^a Arya Dental College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Cytology; Oral cancer; Premalignant; Screening; Toluidine blue

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SMOKING; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84862264435     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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