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Review
. 1991 Jun;122(6):80-2.
doi: 10.1016/s0002-8177(91)26024-9.

Reviewing oral leukoplakia: clinical concepts for the 1990s

J E Bouquot  1
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Review

Reviewing oral leukoplakia: clinical concepts for the 1990s

J E Bouquot. J Am Dent Assoc. 1991 Jun.

Abstract

Microscopic evidence of dysplasia is not necessary to diagnose leukoplakia. Rather leukoplakia is clinically diagnosed not so much by defining appearances as by excluding other lesions also appearing as oral white plaques.

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