[Oral leukoplakia. A clinicopathologic study of 190 cases]

Stomatologia (Athenai). 1989 May-Jun;46(3):175-82.
[Article in Modern Greek (1453-)]

Abstract

In this study an attempt was made to correlate the causative factors of leukoplakia. Histologic criteria helped for the classification of our cases in three groups according to widely accepted standards. As final result it is that smoking and excess use of alcoholic drinks could be involved as causative agents. The clinical appearance of the leukoplakia lesions with their histological type is also correlated.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Alcohol Drinking
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukoplakia, Oral / etiology*
  • Leukoplakia, Oral / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Smoking / adverse effects