Oral mucosal dysplastic lesions and early squamous cell carcinomas: Underdiagnosis from incisional biopsy

Oral Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 68-72

  Pentenero, M ^a   Carrozzo, Marco ^a,d   Pagano, M ^b   Galliano, D ^b   Broccoletti, R ^a   Scully, C ^c   Gandolfo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Clinica Odontostomatologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Carcinoma; Mouth mucosa; Oral; Pathology; Squamous cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOUTH LESION; ORAL BIOPSY; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE SLICE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037362269     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-0825.2003.02875.x     Document Type: Article

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