Etiopathology Of Oral Submucous Fibrosis : Role Of Areca Nut Constituents And Transforming Growth Factor-β Signalling
Oral Submucous Fibrosis (OSF) is a chronic inflammatory disease resulting in progressive fibrosis of the oral tissues that can cause difficulty in chewing, swallowing, speaking, and mouth opening. Epidemiological studies have shown that OSF is a precancerous condition and 2-8% of the OSF patients de...
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Online Access: | http://etd.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2005/2477 http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/abstracts/3196/G25339-Abs.pdf |