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Immunopathogenesis of oral submucous fibrosis by chewing the areca nut

Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 2021
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a chronic, progressive, scarring, and premalignant disease of the oral mucosa. Its pathogenic factors are complex and include chewing areca nuts or other spicy food items, nutrition, and genetic and immune factors ...
Liping Wang, Zhangui Tang
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Oral submucous fibrosis. A review

Australian Dental Journal, 1996
Abstract— Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) affects an estimated 2.5 million people, mostly in the Indian subcontinent. Limitation of oral opening resulting in difficulty in eating is the main presenting feature. Although nutritional deficiencies and immunological processes may play a part in the pathogenesis, the available epidemiological evidence ...
S C, Cox, D M, Walker
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Epithelial Changes in Oral Submucous Fibrosis

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 1965
(1965). Epithelial Changes in Oral Submucous Fibrosis. Acta Odontologica Scandinavica: Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 277-286.
J J, PINDBORG, T N, CHAWLA, A N, SRIVASTAVA, D, GUPTA   +3 more
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SUBEPITHELIAL CHANGES IN ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS

Acta Pathologica Microbiologica Scandinavica, 1967
Submucous fihrosis was reported as a distinct morbid entity of the human oral mucosa by Joshi (1953). He described the symptoms as vesicles on the palate in early cases, gradually increasing oral fibrosis leading to trismus, and a marked inability to eat food spiced with chillies.
S M, Sirsat, J J, Pindborg
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HLA‐typing in oral submucous fibrosis

Tissue Antigens, 1985
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a disease of the mouth and oropharynx characterised by progressive deposition of collagen leading to severe limitation of movement of the jaw in advanced cases. It is almost completely confined to inhabitants of, or migrants from India who chew‘betel nut'.
J P, Canniff, J R, Batchelor, I A, Dodi, W, Harvey   +3 more
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Oral Submucous Fibrosis—treatment with hyalase

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 1985
AbstractOral Submucous Fibrosis (OSMF) is a disease of unknown etiology. A total of 96 patients with Oral Submucous Fibrosis have received four regimens of treatment–local dexamethasone, local hyaluronidase, local combination of dexamethasone and hyaluronidase, and local placental extract.
P K, Kakar, R K, Puri, V P, Venkatachalam   +2 more
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Oral submucous fibrosis in Asian countries

Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine, 2019
AbstractOral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a chronic, insidious, and progressive oral mucosal disease that affects entire oral cavity and sometimes pharynx. This oral potentially malignant disorder has a high rate of malignant transformation (7%‐30%) to oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), posing global problems for public health. Due to enormous efforts
Qian Peng, Hongyuan Li, Juan Chen, Yuehong Wang, Zhangui Tang   +4 more
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Snoring and oral submucous fibrosis

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 1997
AbstractForty patients above the age of 40 years with oral submucous fibrosis were studied to determine the frequency and severity of snoring. The results were compared with a controlled group of similar sex and age for presence of snoring. The present study indicates that patients with oral submucous fibrosis having a short and fixed uvula and scarred
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Molecular pathways of oral submucous fibrosis and its progression to malignancy.

Archives of Oral Biology, 2023
K. Gayathri, N. Malathi, V. Gayathri, P. Adtani, K. Ranganathan   +4 more
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Oral Submucous Fibrosis

2021
Naman R. Rao, Chandramani B. More
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