Research Article
Immunohistochemical Expression of Mast Cells Using c-Kit in Various Grades of Oral Submucous Fibrosis
Table 2
Correlation of mast cell density among c-kit and toluidine blue between control and various stages of OSF.
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Stages of OSF and controls | Mean mast cell density | Mann-Whitney statistics | value |
Significance | c-kit | Toluidine blue |
| Control | 4.26 | 2.18 | 5.00 | 0.001 | Significant | Stage 2 | 9.55 | 5.10 | 4.00 | 0.24 | Nonsignificant | Stage 3 | 9.08 | 3.09 | 11.50 | 0.00 | Significant | Stage 4 | 8.24 | 2.64 | 4.50 | 0.001 | Significant |
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