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Current Evidence in Diagnosis and Treatment of Proliferative Verrucous Leukoplakia

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2012
Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia is multifocal and progressive lesion with a high rate of malignant transformation. This short review highlights the diagnosis, traditional treatment and the current management of the disease.
Mohamed Yasser Kharma, Basal Tarakji
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Evaluation of salivary Chemerin in oral leukoplakia, oral squamous cell carcinoma and healthy controls

Journal of Orofacial Sciences, 2023
Introduction: Chemerin is a multifunctional chemoattractant cytokine, encoded by RARRES2 gene. Its role in oral carcinogenesis is largely unexplored. Study was undertaken to evaluate the role of salivary chemerin as a potential biomarker in the early ...
Karthika Pradeep Susha, Rathy Ravindran
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Nail Disorders in Systemic Conditions

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nail findings in children can be indicative of an underlying systemic disease. Many of these findings are seen in multiple entities and are not specific to one disease. The importance of specifically examining for these nail changes cannot be overstated.
Jane Sanders Bellet
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Expression of CD44 and SALL4 in Leukoplakia and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
CD44 and SALL4 are markers of stemness and expressed in cancer stem cells (CSCs). Their deregulated expression was seen in various tumors and has been correlated with clinical severity.
Sahoo Pravudeva, Panda Abikshyeet, Dash Kailash Chandra, Bhuyian Lipsa, Raghuvanshi Malvika, Panda Baisali   +5 more
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A comparison of salivary thiocyanate in cigarette smokers with and without oral leukoplakia: A biochemical study

SRM Journal of Research in Dental Sciences, 2020
Objective and Background: Determining SCN (thiocyanate) levels in saliva has been the most frequently used biochemical tests for establishing an incidence of tobacco consumption among smokers and can be used as biochemical indicator in the evaluation of ...
Anshul Aggarwal, Neha Agrawal, Md Asdullah, Rati Goyal   +3 more
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Nail Lichen Planus in Children ‐ Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Clinical Presentation, and Treatment

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nail lichen planus (NLP) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that, while rare in children compared to adults, represents a significant cause of pediatric nail dystrophy that requires early recognition to prevent permanent scarring and nail loss.
Francesca Pampaloni, Matilde Iorizzo
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Early detection and treatment of Speckled leukoplakia

Dental Journal, 2016
Background: Leukoplakia is one of potentially malignant disorders that can be found on oral mucosa. Speckled leukoplakia is a rare type of leukoplakia with a very high risk of premalignant growth.
Selviana Tampoma, Iwan Hernawan
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Effect of smoking status and programmed death-ligand 1 expression on the microenvironment and malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia: A retrospective cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Tobacco smoking is associated with an increased risk of oral leukoplakia and head and neck cancer. Although it has recently been reported that the establishment of an immunosuppressive microenvironment in oral potentially malignant disorders may lead to ...
Takahiro Yagyuu, Naoki Funayama, Mitsuhiko Imada, Tadaaki Kirita   +3 more
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How I Do It: Two Novel, Low‐Cost Phonomicrosurgery Models With Open‐Source, 3D‐Printed Laryngoscopes

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
Two new vocal fold microflap models using products found in any grocery store have been developed along with publicly available 3D‐printable parts for simulating multiple laryngoscopes commonly used during laryngeal phonomicrosurgery. This represents a low cost, easily reproducible model for basic laryngeal phonomicrosurgery training.
Sapir Pinhas, Ari D. Schuman, Itamar Pinhas, Aaron D. Friedman   +3 more
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Demographic and clinicopathological comparison among oral lichen planus, lichenoid lesions and proliferative verrucous leukoplakia: a retrospective study

BMC Oral Health
Background Clinicopathological diagnosis and follow-up of oral lichen planus and leukoplakia are necessary due to its potential for malignant transformation and the need to differentiate it from other lichenoid diseases and proliferative verrucous ...
Milena Duarte Moreira, Fernanda Doyle Maia, Viviane Limongi Zimbrão, Emilly Collodetti, Tânia Regina Grão-Velloso, Liliana Aparecida Pimenta-Barros, Simone de Queiroz Chaves Lourenço, Danielle Resende Camisasca   +7 more
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