 Leukoedema, Oral
"Leukoedema, Oral" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A disorder of the buccal mucosa resembling early leukoplakia, characterized by the presence of filmy opalescence of the mucosa in the early stages to a whitish gray cast with a coarsely wrinkled surface in the later stages, associated with intracellular edema of the spinous or malpighian layer. (Dorland, 27th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D007967
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.385
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| Concept/Terms |
Leukoedema, Oral- Leukoedema, Oral
- Leukoedemas, Oral
- Oral Leukoedema
- Oral Leukoedemas
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