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A case of oral hairy leukoplakia presenting in an HIV-negative renal transplant recipient is described. The diagnosis was confirmed by identifying Epstein-Barr viral particles in the upper prickle cell layers of the epithelium by electron microscopy and by in situ DNA hybridisation
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Macleod, R., Long, L., Soames, J. et al. Oral hairy leukoplakia in an HIV-negative renal transplant patient. Br Dent J 169, 208–209 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4807318
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