Malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia in a well-defined cohort of 144 patients

Oral Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Brouns, Erea ^a   Baart, J A ^a   Karagozoglu, K H ^a   Aartman, I H A ^b   Bloemena, E ^a   Van der Waal, I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Malignant transformation; Oral cancer; Oral epithelial dysplasia; Oral leukoplakia; Potentially malignant oral disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHEEK MUCOSA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; LOWER LIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONGUE; VERY ELDERLY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896084953     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/odi.12095     Document Type: Article

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