Assessment of oral mucosa in normal, precancer and cancer using chemiluminescent illumination, toluidine blue supravital staining and oral exfoliative cytology

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 325-329

  Rajmohan, M ^a   Rao, Umadevi Krishnamohan ^b   Joshua, Elizabeth ^b   Rajasekaran, Saraswathy Thillai ^c   Kannan, Ranganathan ^b  

^a KSR Institute of Dental Sciences and Research   (India)

^b RAGAS DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^c Vishnu Dental College   (India)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescent illumination; Oral exfoliative cytology; Toluidine blue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870159767     PISSN: 0973029X     EISSN: 1998393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-029X.102476     Document Type: Article

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