Potentially malignant oral lesions in Northern Ireland: Size (extent) matters

Oral Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 129-137

  Napier, S S ^a   Cowan, C G ^b   Gregg, T A ^b   Stevenson, M ^b   Lamey, P J ^b   Toner, P G ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical findings; Oral mucosa; Potentially malignant lesions; Prognosis; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOSIS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; ORAL BIOPSY; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NORTHERN IRELAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038102274     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-0825.2003.02888.x     Document Type: Article

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