Immunohistochemical evaluation of myofibroblasts using alpha-smooth muscle actin in oral submucous fibrosis

• Main Authors: Teena Philip (Author), T Dinesh Kumar (Author), K Rajkumar (Author), K Raghavendhar Karthik (Author), N Priyadharsini (Author), A Ramesh Kumar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a chronic debilitating disease and a premalignant condition of the oral cavity characterized by generalized submucosal fibrosis with a multifactorial etiology. Myofibroblasts are a unique group of cells phenotypically intermediate between smooth muscle...