Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia: A potentially malignant disorder involving periodontal sites

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 274-281

  Gandolfo, Sergio ^a   Castellani, Roberto ^a,b   Pentenero, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Oncology; Oral cancer; Oral medicine; Oral pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA TUMOR; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VERRUCOUS CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, VERRUCOUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WARTS;

EID: 59649123908     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2009.080329     Document Type: Article

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