Cytological intracellular glycogen evaluation using PAS and PAS-D stains to correlate plasma glucose in diabetics

• Main Authors: S Shamala Ravikumar (Author), T R Menaka (Author), G Vasupradha (Author), K Dhivya (Author), J Dinakaran (Author), V Saranya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Oral cytology studies have claimed that cytoplasmic Periodic Acid Schiff (PAS) positivity in type-2 diabetics is due to glycogen content. But, it can also be due to mucin and glycoconjugates. Aim: 1. To confirm that cytoplasmic PAS positivity in type-2 diabetics is due to glycogen using...