title: Immediate biopsy versus a therapeutic trial in the diagnosis and treatment of vesiculobullous/vesiculoerosive oral lesions. Opposing viewpoints presented.
abstract: There are at least two treatment strategies in the diagnosis and treatment of oral vesiculobullous/vesiculoerosive disease. The relative merits of immediate biopsy and initial therapeutic trial regimens are debated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, UTHSCH-Dental Branch, Houston.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Bottomley
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abramovitch
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Langlais
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001768:Blister; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology