Cytologic alterations in the oral mucosa after chronic exposure to ethanol Alterações citológicas na mucosa bucal após exposição crônica ao etanol

• Main Authors: Sílvia Regina de Almeida Reis (Author), Alexandre Ribeiro do Espírito Santo (Author), Miguel Gustavo Setúbal Andrade (Author), Moysés Sadigursky (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The effects of ethanol alone on the oral mucosa are still poorly understood, especially because there are few non-smoking chronic consumers of alcoholic beverages. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of micronucleus, abnormal nucleus/cytoplasm ratio, pyknosis, karyorrhexis and karyol...