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SUBMITTER: Sugiyama T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4471725 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sugiyama Tomoko T Uo Motohiro M Wada Takahiro T Omagari Daisuke D Komiyama Kazuo K Miyazaki Serika S Numako Chiya C Noguchi Tadahide T Jinbu Yoshinori Y Kusama Mikio M Mori Yoshiyuki Y
Scientific reports 20150618
Oral lichen planus (OLP) and oral lichenoid contact lesions (OLCL) are chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous reactions with a risk of malignant transformation that alter the epithelium. OLP and OLCL have similar clinical and histopathological features and it is difficult to distinguish one from the other. Metallic restorations are suspected to generate OLCLs. Trace metal analysis of OLCL specimens may facilitate the discrimination of symptoms and identification of causative metallic restorations. T ...[more]