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Host pathogen interaction and the development of oral lesions.
Oral diseases - 1 Jan 2002
Williams David W, Leigh J, Ramirez-Amador V, Kaonga K, Russo D, Schiødt M
Abstract excerpt
The aetiologies of oral ulceration, disseminated interstitial lymphocytosis syndrome and oral lymphomas have been reviewed, with emphasis on the role of HIV infection in the primary causation or modification of the presentation of these entities. There is a paucity of evidence to explain why oral ulceration is so severe in HIV infection, and why major ulceration affects the oropharynx. A number of mechanisms have...
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