Treatment of Oral Leukoplakia With Carbon Dioxide and Potassium-Titanyl-Phosphate Lasers: A Comparison

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 597-601

  Lim, Bernard ^a   Smith, Andrew ^b   Chandu, Arun ^c  

^a Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; LEUKOPLAKIA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM TITANYLPHOSPHATE LASER; RECURRENT CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LASERS, GAS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76549117772     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.03.028     Document Type: Article

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