The histopathology of syphilis of the oral mucosa

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 286-291

  Barrett, A W ^a   Dorrego, M Villarroel ^a   Hodgson, T A ^a   Porter, S R ^a   Hopper, C ^a   Argiriadou, A S ^a   Speight, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mouth mucosa; Pathology; Surgical; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PROBENECID; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDARTERITIS; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEURITIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEROLOGY; SPIROCHETE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA; SYPHILIS;

EID: 2342583536     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0904-2512.2004.00099.x     Document Type: Review

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