Hairy Leukoplakia
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Mouth or tongue pain
Oral lesions
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Hairy Leukoplakia References:
Walling DM, Flaitz CM, Hosein FG, Montes-Walters M, Nichols CM. Effect of Epstein-Barr virus replication on Langerhans cells in pathogenesis of oral hairy leukoplakia. J Infect Dis. 2004 May 1;189(9):1656-63. Epub 2004 Apr 13.
Walling DM, Flaitz CM, Nichols CM. Epstein-Barr virus replication in oral hairy leukoplakia: response, persistence, and resistance to treatment with valacyclovir. J Infect Dis. 2003 Sep 15;188(6):883-90. Epub 2003 Sep 3.
