Stromal changes in apparently normal mucosa of smokers and pan chewers - a multi-parametric approach

• Main Authors: Ramalingam Karthikeyan (Author), Basireddy Siva Reddy (Author), Herald J. Sherlin (Author), Anuja N. (Author), Pratibha Ramani (Author), Thiruvengadam Chandrasekar (Author), S. Ganesan (Author), Pushpa Viswanathan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: To compare and contrast the various changes in the connective tissue among patients with the habits of smoking, pan chewing and controls by using fluorescence spectroscopy, histopathology and transmission electron microscopy. Method: Thirty subjects were categorized into three groups: pan chewe...