Premalignant nature of oral lichen planus. A retrospective study of 550 oral lichen planus patients from south-eastern Spain

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Bermejo Fenoll, A ^a   Sanchez Siles, M ^a   Lopez Jornet P ^a   Camacho Alonso, F ^a   Salazar Sanchez, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Malignant transformation; Oral cancer; Oral lichen planus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HABIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 67650418113     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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