How should we manage oral leukoplakia?

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 377-383

  Kumar, Anand ^a   Cascarini, Luke ^a   McCaul, James A ^b   Kerawala, Cyrus J ^c   Coombes, Darryl ^d   Godden, Daryl ^e   Brennan, Peter A ^f  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oral leukoplakia; Oral precancerous lesions

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BLEOMYCIN; FENRETINIDE; LUGOL; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BIOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; CONSENSUS; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA CONTENT; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NARROW BAND IMAGING; NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PUNCH BIOPSY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCALPEL; SMOKING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WART VIRUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84878523514     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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