Focal epithelial hyperplasia. Report of five new cases from Argentina.
Five cases of focal epithelial hyperplasia in Argentina from 1968 to 1974 are reported. There was an age range from 11 to 27 years, with an average of 18 years. Three of the patients were born in Jujuy in the northwest corner of the country. Two of these cases were observed in an epidemiologic study carried out among 8,895 20-year-old Argentine men from different areas.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001118:Argentina; D002648:Child; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000473:pathology; D005928:Glossitis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000473:pathology