TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantitative exfoliative cytology of normal buccal mucosa
T2 - effect of smoking
AU - Ogden, G. R.
AU - Cowpe, J.G.
AU - Green, Michael
PY - 1990/1/1
Y1 - 1990/1/1
N2 - The effect of cigarette smoking on the oral mucosa was assessed through the application of quantitative cytomorphometric analysis to smears obtained from clinically normal buccal mucosa. The nuclear (NA) and cytoplasmic (CA) area of cells within each smear were measured using a Vids V semi-automatic image analysis system. Mean values for NA (smokers-78.74 µ , non-smokers - 72.28 µ and for CA (smokers - 3273.9 µ , non-smokers - 3098.96 µ ) were obtained. A two-sample t-test revealed a significant elevation in NA for smokers, but no significant variation in CA between the two groups. These results would suggest that for normal buccal mucosa smoking does appear to influence cytomorphology.
AB - The effect of cigarette smoking on the oral mucosa was assessed through the application of quantitative cytomorphometric analysis to smears obtained from clinically normal buccal mucosa. The nuclear (NA) and cytoplasmic (CA) area of cells within each smear were measured using a Vids V semi-automatic image analysis system. Mean values for NA (smokers-78.74 µ , non-smokers - 72.28 µ and for CA (smokers - 3273.9 µ , non-smokers - 3098.96 µ ) were obtained. A two-sample t-test revealed a significant elevation in NA for smokers, but no significant variation in CA between the two groups. These results would suggest that for normal buccal mucosa smoking does appear to influence cytomorphology.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1990.tb00795.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1990.tb00795.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0025370310
SN - 0904-2512
VL - 19
SP - 53
EP - 55
JO - Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine
JF - Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine
IS - 2
ER -