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Erythroplakia

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Erythroplakia is a clinical term used to describe a flat red patch or lesion on the mucosal surface that cannot be attributed to any other pathology.

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  1. Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Longfleet Road, Poole, Dorset, UK

    Steven J. Frampton MA, MRCS, DOHNS (Specialist Trainee) & Dr. Emma V. King Ph.D., FRCS (ORL-HNS) (Consultant ENT Head and Neck Surgeon, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; CRUK Senior Lecturer in Head and Neck Surgery, Southampton University; Visiting Professor, Bournemouth University)

  2. Cancer Sciences Division, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, UK

    Steven J. Frampton MA, MRCS, DOHNS (Specialist Trainee) & Dr. Emma V. King Ph.D., FRCS (ORL-HNS) (Consultant ENT Head and Neck Surgeon, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; CRUK Senior Lecturer in Head and Neck Surgery, Southampton University; Visiting Professor, Bournemouth University)

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Correspondence to Steven J. Frampton MA, MRCS, DOHNS .

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA

    Stilianos E. Kountakis

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Frampton, S.J., King, E.V. (2013). Erythroplakia. In: Kountakis, S.E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23499-6_200218

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