Keratotic Lesions of Oral Cavity

ISBN-13: 9786206166931 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str.

Rupa Barman; Paramjit Singh; Sanjeet Singh

Opis

Keratosis is keratin production on the skin or mucous membrane that derive from keratinocytes. The living keratinocytes of the deeper epidermis change into the dead corneocytes of the horny layer. A wide range of lesions occur as a result of mutation in the gene coding for the various keratin proteins. The hyperkeratotic form olp also belongs to facultative precancerous disease. The etiology of these diseases has not been investigated yet fully.

O autorze

Dr. Rupa Barman, Master of Dental Surgery, in the specialty of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University, UP, Lucknow, India.