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Association between 35 blood and urine biomarkers and oral leukoplakia: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

Frontiers in Oncology
BackgroundSeveral existing studies have shown a correlation between some of the blood and urine biomarkers and oral leukoplakia (OLK). However, the causality of this relationship remains uncertain. Thus, this study aimed to examine the causal association
Yu-long Ouyang, Jing Wei, Mei-yan Liu, Yi Zhang, Sheng-hui Liu, Hong-chao Feng, Hong-chao Feng   +6 more
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The Microbiome of Potentially Malignant Oral Leukoplakia Exhibits Enrichment for Fusobacterium, Leptotrichia, Campylobacter, and Rothia Species

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Oral leukoplakia presents as a white patch on the oral mucosa and is recognized as having significant malignant potential. Although colonization of these patches with Candida albicans is common, little is known about the bacterial microbiota of these ...
Abdrazak Amer, Sheila Galvin, Claire M. Healy, Gary P. Moran   +3 more
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The Role of Viruses in the Pathogenesis of Periodontitis

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This narrative review aimed to summarize current evidence on the presence and potential pathogenic role of viruses in periodontitis. Design: Narrative Review; Population: Patients with periodontitis; Exposure: Detection of viruses in oral samples (biopsies, saliva, gingival crevicular fluid, subgingival plaque, blood); Outcome: Viral prevalence, load ...
Kim Natalie Stolte, Jørgen Slots, Henrik Dommisch   +2 more
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An inter-correlative study on clinico-pathological profile and different predisposing factors of oral leukoplakia among the ethnics of Darjeeling, India

Journal of Orofacial Sciences, 2017
Context: Idiopathic leukoplakia is the most common potentially malignant disorder of oral cavity. Owing to the year-wide cold environment in Darjeeling, here the indigenous ethnic people practice a distinct addiction pattern that strongly predisposes ...
Krishnendu Mondal, Rupali Mandal, Badal C Sarkar, Vaswati Das   +3 more
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MANAGEMENT OF ORAL LEUKOPLAKIA - ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE [PDF]

Journal of IMAB, 2017
Oral leukoplakia is the most common potentially malignant disorder affecting oral cavity. Various surgical and non-surgical treatments have been reported, but currently there is no universal consensus on the most appropriate one and on the duration or ...
Elitsa G. Deliverska, Milena Petkova
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Management of Surgical Margins in the Excision of Oral Leukoplakia: A Scoping Review

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To map the literature on management of surgical margins for oral leukoplakia (OL) and proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL). Methods Searches were performed in five electronic databases and gray literature. Studies involving patients undergoing any type of surgical excision of OL or PVL were included.
Mateus José Dutra, Isaac Santos Araujo, Vivian Petersen Wagner, Isabel Schausltz Pereira Faustino, Marco Meleti, Nikolaos Nikitakis, Márcio Ajudarte Lopes, Alan Roger Santos‐Silva, Caique Mariano Pedroso   +8 more
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A Retrospective Analysis of the Diagnostic Accuracy in Diagnosing OPMD and Benign Oral Lesions

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The clinical suspicion of a neoplastic lesion necessitates prompt diagnostic assessment through oral biopsy. However, the failure to accurately recognize an oral potentially malignant disorder (OPMD) or the misdiagnosis of a benign lesion can lead to diagnostic delays with significant impact on the patient's health.
Griselda Pedroso Acosta, Lucio Torelli, Theodora Magdalena Bogdan Preda, Roberto Di Lenarda, Matteo Biasotto, Katia Rupel, Giulia Ottaviani   +6 more
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A Review on Image Processing and Fractal Analysis in Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim The clinical evaluation of patients with oral potentially malignant disorders is primarily based on physical examination and observable clinical features. Clinical photographs play a key role in patient monitoring and help identify signs that may indicate malignant transformation.
André Goulart Poletto, Flaviana Silva de Souza, Lilian Bezerra, Thiago Pires Claudio, Jesse Parente Tocantins, Helena Miguel Cotter, Riéli Elis Schulz, Karin Berria Tomazelli, Elena Riet Correa Rivero, Fabio Luiz Coracin, Gustavo Davi Rabelo   +10 more
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Relationship of Glutathione Status with Oral Pre-cancer and Cancer

Medicine Science, 2013
Oral cancer accounts for the majority of the cancer in South East Asian region and especially in the Indian subcontinent. If diagnosed at an early stage the disease is reported to have a better prognosis.
Shishir Ram Shetty, Subhas G Babu, Sucheta Kumari, Pushparaja Shetty, Radhakrishna Vijay, Arvind Karikal   +5 more
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Increased Genetic Instability in Exfoliated Oral Cells in Patients With Epidermolysis Bullosa

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the nuclear abnormalities of cytotoxicity—karyorrhexis (KR), karyolysis (KL), and pyknosis (PN)—and genotoxicity—micronucleus (MN) in exfoliated cells from different sites of the oral mucosa in patients with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) and a control group.
Ana Carolina Sias Franco Franzosi, Rebeca Ferreira Badaró, Lucas Fernandes Leal, Rosalie Matuk Fuentes Torrelio, Willian Grassi Bautz, Leticia Nogueira da Gama‐de‐Souza   +5 more
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