Open AccessTotal serum protein estimation and its correlation with clinical and histopathological grading using Masson's Trichrome stain in patients of oral submucous fibrosis
Author(s) -
Ankita Sannad,
Sandhya Tamgadge,
Avinash Tamgadge,
Khushbu Yadav,
Ajay Giri,
Mukesh Wankhede
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/ccd.ccd_95_17
Subject(s) - oral submucous fibrosis , medicine , grading (engineering) , masson's trichrome stain , trichrome , pathology , stain , fibrosis , histopathology , staining , h&e stain , biology , ecology
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) caused by dense deposition of collagen fibers which is a protein. There is a plethora of research to evaluate degree of collagen deposition using various simple histochemical techniques, but its correlation with total serum protein (TSP) level has not been explored so far.