Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 8 , Pages 829-834 , September 2004

An audit of the efficacy of the oral brush biopsy technique in a specialist Oral Medicine unit

  • T.W.J Poate

      Affiliations

    • Oral Medicine, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic, Medical and Surgical Sciences, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, UCL, University of London, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, UK
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  • J.A.G Buchanan

      Affiliations

    • Oral Medicine, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic, Medical and Surgical Sciences, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, UCL, University of London, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, UK
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  • T.A Hodgson

      Affiliations

    • Oral Medicine, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic, Medical and Surgical Sciences, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, UCL, University of London, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, UK
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  • P.M Speight

      Affiliations

    • Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic, Medical and Surgical Sciences, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, UCL, University of London, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, UK
    • ,
  • A.W Barrett

      Affiliations

    • Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic, Medical and Surgical Sciences, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, UCL, University of London, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, UK
    • ,
  • D.R Moles

      Affiliations

    • Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic, Medical and Surgical Sciences, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, UCL, University of London, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, UK
    • Health Services Research, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic, Medical and Surgical Sciences, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, UCL, University of London, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, UK
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  • C Scully

      Affiliations

    • Oral Medicine, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic, Medical and Surgical Sciences, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, UCL, University of London, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, UK
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  • S.R Porter

      Affiliations

    • Oral Medicine, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic, Medical and Surgical Sciences, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, UCL, University of London, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44-20-7915-1197; fax: +44-20-7915-2341
    web address

Received 16 January 2004 ,Accepted 19 February 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2004.02.005

Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 8 , Pages 829-834 , September 2004

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