Oral hairy leukoplakia: Clinicopathologic features, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and clinical significance

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1392-1396

  Triantos, Dimitris ^b   Porter, Stephen R ^a   Scully, Crispian ^b   Teo, Chong Gee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PODOPHYLLIN; RETINOL; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ACANTHOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKOPLAKIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031465393     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516131     Document Type: Article

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