Open AccessOral submucous fibrosis: A clinico-histopathological study in Chennai
Author(s) -
Kiran Kumar,
TR Saraswathi,
K Ranganathan,
Mutum Sangeeta Devi,
Elizabeth Joshua
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.33785
Subject(s) - oral submucous fibrosis , areca , medicine , grading (engineering) , betel , histopathological examination , precancerous condition , fibrosis , stage (stratigraphy) , biopsy , physical examination , pathology , nut , cancer , paleontology , civil engineering , structural engineering , engineering , biology
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a precancerous condition associated with the use of areca nut in various forms. There are very few reports to correlate the clinical stage to histopathological grading in OSF.