Clinicopathological study of oral leukoplakia
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Epidemiological and clinicopathological study of oral leukoplakia.
BACKGROUND Oral white lesions that cannot be clinically or pathologically characterized by any specific disease are referred to as leukoplakia. Such lesions are well known for their propensity for malignant transformation to the extent of 10-20%. Exfoliative cytology is a simple and useful screening tool for detection of malignant or dysplastic changes in such lesions. AIMS A clinico-epidemio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
سال: 2003
ISSN: 2186-1579,0021-5163
DOI: 10.5794/jjoms.49.439