Cotton-swab cryotherapy for oral leukoplakia

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 983-988

  Yu, Chuan Hang ^a,b   Chen, Hsin Ming ^b,c   Chang, Chia Chuan ^a   Hung, Hsien Yen ^a   Hsiao, Chuhsing Kate ^b   Chiang, Chun Pin ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cotton swab; Cryotherapy; Oral leukoplakia; Oral precancer; Outcome

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COTTON SWAB CRYOTHERAPY; CRYOTHERAPY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROBABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650453811     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21055     Document Type: Article

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