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Potentially Malignant

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Periodontal Manifestations of Local and Systemic Diseases

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Erythroplasia (erythroplakia) is an isolated red lesion.

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  1. Medical School, University of Athens, 37 Ipsilandou Street, 10676, Athens, Greece

    George Laskaris MD, DDS, PhD (Head of Oral Medicine Clinic,“A. Sygros” Hospital Associate Professor of Oral Medicine Medical School)

  2. Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London, 256 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X8LD, UK

    Crispian Scully CBE, MD, PhD, MDS, MRCS, FDSRCS, FDSRCPS, FFDRCSI, FDSRCSE, FRCPath, FMedSci (Director)

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Laskaris, G., Scully, C. (2003). Potentially Malignant. In: Periodontal Manifestations of Local and Systemic Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55596-1_31

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