Open AccessMalondialdehyde Levels in Oral Sub Mucous Fibrosis: A Clinicopathological and Biochemical Study
Author(s) -
Shishir Ram Shetty,
Subhas Babu,
Suchetha Kumari,
Vaman C. Rao,
Rahul Vijay,
Arvind Karikal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.93887
Subject(s) - oral submucous fibrosis , malondialdehyde , medicine , fibrosis , saliva , lipid peroxidation , gastroenterology , pathology , oxidative stress
Oral submucous fibrosis is one of the most commonly occurring potentially malignant disorders in the South-East Asia. Levels of lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde have been recently correlated with clinical grades of oral Submucous fibrosis.