Oral hairy leukoplakia: An exfoliative cytology study
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Quantitative Risk Stratification of Oral Leukoplakia with Exfoliative Cytology
Exfoliative cytology has been widely used for early diagnosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Test outcome is reported as "negative", "atypical" (defined as abnormal epithelial changes of uncertain diagnostic significance), and "positive" (defined as definitive cellular evidence of epithelial dysplasia or carcinoma). The major challenge is how to properly manage the "atypical" patients ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0976-237X
DOI: 10.4103/0976-237x.62512