Disease scoring systems for oral lichen planus; a critical appraisal
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Disease scoring systems for oral lichen planus; a critical appraisal
The aim of the present study has been to critically review 22 disease scoring systems (DSSs) on oral lichen planus (OLP) that have been reported in the literature during the past decades. Although the presently available DSSs may all have some merit, particularly for research purposes, the diversity of both the objective and subjective parameters used in these systems and the lack of acceptance...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicina Oral Patología Oral y Cirugia Bucal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1698-6946
DOI: 10.4317/medoral.20524