Quantitative assessment of argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions in nonsmokers, smokers and oral submucous fibrosis: A pilot study

Background: Nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) are defined as nucleolar components containing a set of argyrophilic proteins, which are selectively stained by silver methods- After silver-staining, the NORs can be easily identified as black dots exclusively localized throughout the nucleolar area an...

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Main Authors: G V Sowmya, B N Padmavathi, Mohitpal Singh, Prashant Nahar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology
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Online Access:http://www.jiaomr.in/article.asp?issn=0972-1363;year=2012;volume=24;issue=2;spage=117;epage=120;aulast=Sowmya