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Try Coding This Leukoplakia Encounter

Published on Wed Mar 02, 2022

Navigating biopsy procedures may hold the key to accuracy. Oral hairy leukoplakia is a condition that affects immunocompromised patients, especially those who smoke, and is considered “a clinical marker of HIV disease since it has a clear prognostic value in the subsequent development of AIDS,” according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information (Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554591/). Providers will be on the [...]
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