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Salivary bacterial shifts in oral leukoplakia resemble the dysbiotic oral cancer bacteriome [PDF]

Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2021
Objective: While some oral carcinomas appear to arise de novo, others develop within long-standing conditions of the oral cavity that have malignant potential, now known as oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs). The oral bacteriome associated with
Divya Gopinath, Rohit Kunnath Menon, Chong Chun Wie, Moinak Banerjee, Swagatika Panda, Deviprasad Mandal, Paresh Kumar Behera, Susanta Roychoudhury, Supriya Kheur, Michael George Botelho, Newell W. Johnson   +10 more
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Fractal analysis in oral leukoplakia

Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 2015
Introduction: Fractal analysis (FA) quantifies complex geometric structures by generating a fractal dimension (FD), which can measure the complexity of mucosa.
Prashant Bhai Pandey, Srinivas Kandakurti, Vasu S Saxena, Payal Tripathi, Ratnakar Pamula, Monu Yadav   +5 more
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Chemoprevention in oral leukoplakia: challenges and current landscape [PDF]

Frontiers in Oral Health, 2023
Oral potentially malignant disorders have the potential to transform into oral cancer. Oral leukoplakia is a prevalent OPMD with a 9.8% malignant transformation rate.
Victor de Mello Palma, Natalia Koerich Laureano, Luiza Abrahão Frank, Pantelis Varvaki Rados, Fernanda Visioli, Fernanda Visioli   +5 more
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Research progress of oral hairy leukoplakia [PDF]

Kouqiang yixue
Oral hairy leukoplakia is an oral mucosal disease caused by Epstein-Barr virusinfection of oral squamous epithelial cells. Oral hairy leukoplakia presents as a non-removable, corrugated and wrinkled white plaque sometimes with hair-like projections ...
MO Longhui, LIANG Jing, WANG Jiongke, LIU Tiannan, ZENG Xin
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Oral Leukoplakia

International Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences, 2017
Oral leukoplakia is defined as a predominantly white lesion of the oral mucosa that cannot be characterized as any other definable lesion; however, the lesion must be confirmed histopathologically by biopsy in order to discuss malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia.
Tsvetan Borisov Tsvetanov
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Oral leukoplakia and erythroplakia in young patients: a southern Brazilian multicenter study [PDF]

Brazilian Oral Research
The objective of the present study was to investigate the frequency of oral leukoplakia and oral erythroplakia among young patients from three Brazilian reference centers in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.
Alini Cardoso SOARES, Ana Paula Neutzling GOMES, Camila Barcellos CALDERIPE, Fernanda Gonçalves SALUM, Karen CHERUBINI, Manoela Domingues MARTINS, Lauren Frenzel SCHUCH, Laura Borges KIRSCHNICK, Lucas Guimarães ABREU, Alan Roger SANTOS-SILVA, Ana Carolina Uchoa VASCONCELOS   +10 more
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Estimation of Circulating Immune Complexes in patients with Oral Leukoplakia and Oral Submucous Fibrosis: A Case Control Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
Purpose of the Study: The present study was conducted to estimate the serum levels of Circulating Immune Complexes in patients with Oral Leukoplakia ,Oral sub mucous fibrosis and normal subjects and correlate these values with the clinical grades of ...
Maheswari H., Eswaran M.A., Srividhya S., Malavika R., Prabhu R., Geetha K.R.   +5 more
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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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Oral Manifestations of HIV Infection in Children and Adults Receiving Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy [HAART] in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania [PDF]

, 2006
The aim of the study was to compare the prevalence and types of HIV-related oral lesions between children and adult Tanzanian patients on HAART with those not on HAART and to relate the occurrence of the lesions with anti-HIV drug regimen, clinical stage
Simon, Elison NM, Matee, M.I.N, Mikx, F.H., Simon, E.N., Verweij Paul E, JAM van der Ven, André, Mugusi, F, Paul E Verweij, Mugusi Ferdinand, Simon Elison NM, Verweij, P.E, Moshi, M.J., Verweij, P.E., Moshi Mainen J, Simon, E.N.M, Simon, Elison N M, André JAM van der Ven, Matee, Mecky I N, Moshi, M.J, Kikwilu, Emil, Mecky IN Matee, Mikx, Frans H M, Matee, M.I., Omar JM Hamza, Hamza, Omar JM, Moshi, Mainen J, Matee, Mecky IN, Van der Ven, A.J., Kikwilu Emil, Kikwilu, E., Mugusi, F., van der Ven, André J A M, Mainen J Moshi, Frans HM Mikx, Verweij, Paul E, Mikx, F.H.M, Ferdinand Mugusi, Mugusi, Ferdinand, Hamza, Omar J M, Emil Kikwilu, van der Ven André JAM, Hamza, OJ., Hamza, O.J.M, Elison NM Simon, Mikx Frans HM, Matee Mecky IN, Hamza Omar JM, Mikx, Frans HM   +47 more
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A clinical diagnosis of oral leukoplakia : a guide for dentists [PDF]

, 2017
In view of the many white or predominantly white lesions of the oral mucosa it is a challenge for dentists to clinically identify a leukoplakia, being a potentially (pre)malignant lesion.
Carrard, V.C., Waal, Isaäc Van der, van der Waal, I., van der Waal, Isaäc, VC Carrard, I van der Waal, Carrard, Vinicius C.   +6 more
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