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C A Hedin1, J J Pindborg, T Axéll.
Abstract
Besides genetic factors, tobacco smoking is known to be the main cause of oral melanin pigmentation. The present study compares the frequency of oral melanin pigmentation in a large number of former smokers with that of non-smokers. It also describes in two patients the disappearance of smoker's melanosis in the buccal mucosa following a considerable reduction in smoking.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8315602 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1993.tb01061.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Oral Pathol Med ISSN: 0904-2512 Impact factor: 4.253