Oral hairy leukoplakia in HIV-negative patients: Report of 10 cases

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-183

  Piperi, Evangelia ^a   Omlie, Jessica ^b   Koutlas, Ioannis George ^b   Pambuccian, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; HIV negative patients; Immunosuppression; Inhalers; Oral hairy leukoplakia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HAIRY LEUKOPLAKIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEROID THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEUKEMIA, HAIRY CELL; LEUKOPLAKIA, HAIRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 77952249368     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896908327865     Document Type: Article

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