Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 232-248 , April 2010

Characterization of different tissue changes in normal, betel chewers, potentially malignant lesions, conditions and oral squamous cell carcinoma using reflectance confocal microscopy: Correlation with routine histopathology

Received 3 November 2009 ,Revised 20 December 2009 ,Accepted 21 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.12.008

Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 232-248 , April 2010

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