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Editorial
. 2022 May 30;23(11):6110.
doi: 10.3390/ijms23116110.

Oral Fibrosis and Oral Cancer: From Molecular Targets to Therapeutics

Pei-Ling Hsieh  1 , Cheng-Chia Yu  2   3   4
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Oral Fibrosis and Oral Cancer: From Molecular Targets to Therapeutics

Pei-Ling Hsieh et al. Int J Mol Sci. .

Abstract

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) belongs to a group of potentially malignant disorders that are characterized by the progressive fibrosis of the lining mucosa as well as an increasing loss of tissue mobility [...].

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