Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Salivary and Serum Levels of Chemerin and MMP-9 in Oral Precancer and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Brief Summary: 45 individuals were subdivided into 3 groups, 15 patients with oral premalignant lesions, 15 patients with oral malignant lesions and 15 control individuals. Levels of chemerin and MMP-9 were evaluated in serum and saliva of these subjects utilizing the ELISA technique.