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Evaluation of Secretory State in Patients with Oral Lichen Planus: A Case-Control Study.
Archives of Iranian medicine - 1 Jan 2016
Shahidi-Dadras Mohammad, Golfeshan Atefe, Abdollahimajd Fahimeh
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BACKGROUND: Non-secretor individuals lack ABO blood group antigens in their secretions like saliva; these carbohydrate structures play an important role in protection of the oral cavity from exogenous pathogens; therefore these individuals are more susceptible to mucous membrane damages. The aim was to assess the secretory state of patients with oral lichen planus (OLP) in comparison with healthy controls....
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