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Band-Like Chronic Inflammatory Infiltrate in Proliferative Verrucous Leukoplakia: A Meta-Analysis.

Oral diseases · Ferraz DLF, Santos BC, Colafêmina ACE, Correia-Neto IJ, Santos-Silva AR, Lopes MA · 2026-09-30

A meta-analysis of 11 studies found that band-like chronic inflammatory infiltrates appear in about 57% of proliferative verrucous leukoplakia cases, but showed no statistically significant association with malignant transformation rates.

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