Open AccessAnalysis of erythrocytes in oral submucous fibrosis – A morphometric study
Author(s) -
Vijay Wadhwan,
Arvind Venkatesh,
Preeti Sharma,
Sangeeta Malik,
Chitrapriya Saxena
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_718_18
Subject(s) - oral submucous fibrosis , areca , medicine , pathology , gastroenterology , structural engineering , nut , engineering
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a chronic progressive scarring oral disease caused due to areca quid chewing. The constituents of areca nut can enter into the circulation by swallowing the liquid mixture of areca quid which evokes oxidative stress on RBC membrane integrity.