A retrospective study of oral lichen planus patients with concurrent or subsequent development of malignancy

Oral Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 278-282

  Hietanen, J ^a   Paasonen, M R ^a   Kuhlefelt, M ^a   Malmstrom M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Oral lichen planus; Precancerous condition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM;

AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033017429     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1368-8375(98)00116-X     Document Type: Article

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