Oral hairy leukoplakia: An ultrastructural study and review of the literature

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-187

  Guccion, John G ^a,b   Redman, Robert S ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Oral hairy leukoplakia; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMATIN; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; KERATINOCYTE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LEUKOPLAKIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; BIOPSY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; EPITHELIUM; FATAL OUTCOME; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LEUKOPLAKIA, HAIRY; MALE; NUCLEOCAPSID; TONGUE;

HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0033001160     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019131299281680     Document Type: Article

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