Acetic acid wash and chemiluminescent illumination as an adjunct to conventional oral soft tissue examination for the detection of dysplasia: A pilot study

Quintessence International

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 378-384

  Huber, Michaell A ^a   Bsoul, Samer A ^a   Terezhalmy, Geza T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Dental School   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid wash; Atypia; Chemiluminescent illumination; Dysplasia

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATINIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; SOFT TISSUE;

ACETIC ACID; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KERATINS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1942503986     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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