Clinical comparison of liquid-based and conventional cytology of oral brush biopsies: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Exfoliative cytology performed on oral brush samples can help dentists to decide, whether a given oral lesion is (pre-) malignant. The use of non-invasive brush biopsies as an auxiliary tool in the diagnosis of oral mucosal lesions has gained renewed interest since improvements i...

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Main Authors: Constanze Olms, Nathalie Hix, Heinrich Neumann, Maryam Yahiaoui-Doktor, Torsten W. Remmerbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Head & Face Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13005-018-0166-4