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Abstract
A disorder of the buccal mucosa resembling early leukoplakia, characterized by the presence of filmy opalescence of the mucosa in the early stages to a whitish gray cast with a coarsely wrinkled surface in the later stages, associated with intracellular edema of the spinous or malpighian layer. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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- Leukoedema, Oral
- Leukoedemas, Oral
- Oral Leukoedemas
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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disord of buccal mucosa
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History Note
91(72); was see under MOUTH DISEASES 1972-90
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- Mouth Diseases (1966-1971)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Oral Leukoedema. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007967. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007967
- Oral Leukoedema. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18556386