Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 521-526 , September 2002

Oral leukoplakia: a proposal for uniform reporting

  • I van der Waal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery/Pathology, Vrije Universiteit medical centre/ACTA, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31-20-444-4039; fax: +31-20-444-4046
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  • T Axéll

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Dentistry, University of Oslo, , PO Box 1109 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway

Received 11 November 2001 ,Accepted 21 November 2001.

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