Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF): One of the most severe side effects of areca nut consumption is oral submucous fibrosis, which stiffens the soft tissues of the mouth, making it difficult to open ...

Objectives: To explore the demographic and clinical profile of erosive lichen planus (ELP) across multiple ethnicities within a single cohort, deepening our understanding of disease severity, ...

Correspondence to Professor Guy Boeckxstaens, Translational Research in Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing (Chrometa), KU Leuven, Leuven, ...

Smokeless tobacco and areca nut pose significant health risks, including lung, oral, and cardiovascular diseases. Despite being perceived as safer alternatives to smoking, they contain carcinogens ...

1 The First Affiliated Hospital (The First School of Clinical Medicine), Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China 2 Guangdong Metabolic Diseases Research Center of Integrated Chinese and ...