Preliminary study of micronuclei levels in oral exfoliated cells from patients with periodontitis

Micronuclei (MN) are abnormal nuclear structures that arise in dividing cells due to chromosomal breakage or chromosome mis-segregation, and their evaluation in oral exfoliated cells may constitute a reliable and noninvasive, cancer biomarker method. Therefore, it is crucial to assess whether differ...

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Main Authors: Diana Bastos-Aires, Álvaro Azevedo, Maria de Lurdes Pereira, Daniel Pérez-Mongiovi, Alexandra Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-06-01
Series:Journal of Dental Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1991790213000020