"Leukoplakia, Oral" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A white patch seen on the oral mucosa. It is considered a premalignant condition and is often tobacco-induced. When evidence of Epstein-Barr virus is present, the condition is called hairy leukoplakia (LEUKOPLAKIA, HAIRY).
| Descriptor ID |
D007972
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.443.591.545 C04.834.512.513 C07.465.565.545 C23.300.816.513
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| Concept/Terms |
Leukoplakia, Oral- Leukoplakia, Oral
- Leukoplakias, Oral
- Oral Leukoplakia
- Oral Leukoplakias
Leukokeratosis, Oral- Leukokeratosis, Oral
- Leukokeratoses, Oral
- Oral Leukokeratoses
- Oral Leukokeratosis
- Keratosis, Oral
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| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leukoplakia, Oral" by people in Profiles.
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Verrucous leukoplakia affecting the tongue of a patient recovered from COVID-19. Minerva Dent Oral Sci. 2021 06; 70(3):128-130.
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Considerations in the evaluation and management of oral potentially malignant disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Head Neck. 2020 Jul; 42(7):1497-1502.
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Impact of oral potentially malignant disorder subtypes on all-cause and cause-specific mortality in males. Oral Dis. 2019 Apr; 25(3):750-757.
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Can healthy diet intercept progression of oral potentially malignant disorders? Oral Oncol. 2018 10; 85:106-107.
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Diagnostic flaws in oral lichen planus and related lesions. Oral Oncol. 2017 11; 74:190-191.
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Population-based screening program for reducing oral cancer mortality in 2,334,299 Taiwanese cigarette smokers and/or betel quid chewers. Cancer. 2017 05 01; 123(9):1597-1609.
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[Oral hairy leukoplakia. A study of 5 cases]. Med Cutan Ibero Lat Am. 1989; 17(5):326-31.
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[Epstein-Barr virus detection in oral hairy leukoplakia in AIDS patients, in leukoplakias and on normal tongue epithelia in HIV-1-negative patients]. Z Hautkr. 1988 Jan 18; 63(1):44-8.