Open AccessPlasma fibrinogen degradation products in betel nut chewers - with and without oral submucous fibrosis
Author(s) -
Kiran Grover,
Muni Sekhar,
Santosh Hunasgi,
Syed Afroz Ahmed,
Charu Suri,
Anurag Krishna
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.125176
Subject(s) - oral submucous fibrosis , betel , medicine , areca , etiology , grading (engineering) , gastroenterology , pathology , nut , dentistry , biology , ecology , structural engineering , engineering
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) has a multifactorial etiology. Recent studies have shown that there is an increased level of fibrinogen degradation products (FDP) in plasma of OSMF patients suggesting its possible role in etiopathogenesis of OSMF.