An audit of the efficacy of the oral brush biopsy technique in a specialist Oral Medicine unit

Oral Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 829-834

  Poate, T W J ^a   Buchanan, J A G ^a   Hodgson, T A ^a   Speight, P M ^b   Barrett, A W ^b   Moles, D R ^b,c   Scully, C ^a   Porter, S R ^a  

^a Medical and Surgical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c Health Services Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Brush; Dysplasia; Epithelial; Oral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH LESION; MOUTH TUMOR; ORAL BIOPSY; ORAL BRUSH BIOPSY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4043157782     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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