Prevalence of oral hairy leukoplakia in 120 pediatric patients infected with HIV-1 Prevalência da leucoplasia pilosa oral em 120 pacientes pediátricos infectados pelo HIV-1

• Main Authors: Eliane Pedra Dias (Author), Mônica Simões Israel (Author), Arley Silva Junior (Author), Vanessa Abreu Maciel (Author), José Paulo Gagliardi (Author), Ricardo Hugo Oliveira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL) is an EBV (Epstein-Barr virus) opportunistic infection found in HIV-infected patients. It is an asymptomatic lesion that has an important prognostic value in AIDS. Differently from what takes place with HIV adult patients, OHL has been described in the literature as havi...