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Almost all lesions and diseases that may affect the oral mucosa may also occur on the tongue. On the other hand, there are some diseases that exclusively or almost exclusively affect the tongue. In this chapter, the emphasis is on the latter group of diseases.
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van der Waal, I. (2016). Diseases of the Tongue. In: Atlas of Oral Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48122-6_4
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