Open AccessHormonal changes in exfoliated normal buccal mucosal cells
Author(s) -
Preethy Mary Donald,
Renjith George,
Gopu Sriram,
B Kavitha,
B Sivapathasundharam
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.126655
Subject(s) - medicine , buccal administration , buccal swab , hormone , dentistry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
The present study was undertaken as a baseline study to evaluate the nuclear diameter (ND), cell diameter (CD) and nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio (N:C) and their variation with age in normal buccal smears of female subjects.