Oral lichenoid disease as a premalignant condition: The controversies and the unknown

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Cortés Ramírez, Dionisio Alejandro ^a   Gainza Cirauqui, Maria Luisa ^a   Echebarria Goikouria, Maria Angeles ^a   Aguirre Urizar, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Lichen planus; Lichenoid lesions; Malignant potential; Oral

Indexed keywords

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHENOID; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; ORAL LICHENOID DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 62549113498     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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