Author/Authors :
Ribeiro, Daniel Department of Biosciences - Federal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP, Santos, SP, Brazil , Malacarne Daniel Souza, Ingra Department of Biosciences - Federal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP, Santos, SP, Brazil , Vitor de Souza1, Daniel Department of Biosciences - Federal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP, Santos, SP, Brazil
Abstract :
The aim of the letter to editor is to provide some comments regarding the manuscript of DehghanNezhad et al.(1) recently published in the Iranian Journal of Pathology titled “Micronucleus Assay of Buccal Mucosa Cells in Waterpipe (Hookah) Smokers: A Cytologic Study.” In this article, the authors were able to detect high frequencies of micronucleus in buccal mucosa cells of waterpipe smokers when compared to non-smokers.
