TY - GEN N1 - Cited By (since 1996): 8 Export Date: 7 March 2012 Source: Scopus PubMed ID: 12227497 Language of Original Document: English Correspondence Address: Yaacob, H.B.email: hashimy@um.edu.my ID - cogprints8177 UR - http://cogprints.org/8177/ A1 - Ngeow, Dr. W.C. Y1 - 2002/06// N2 - The objective of this study was to determine the socio-demography (age, race and gender) of a group of Malaysian patients who were diagnosed as suffering from oral lichen planus (OLP). The occurrence of malignancy was also investigated. A total of 77 clinical and biopsy records of patients with OLP were studied. Females were affected more than males, with the female to male ratio being 2:1. Middle-aged Indian and Chinese females tend to be affected by OLP when compared with the rest of the population. Only 19 patients returned for further follow-up. One adult Indian female with a six-year history of lichenoid reaction showed the presence of malignancy. KW - adolescent; adult; age distribution; aged; article; cell transformation; China; ethnology; female; human; India; lichen planus; Malaysia; male; middle aged; mouth hygiene; pathology; retrospective; study; sex ratio; squamous cell carcinoma; tongue tumor; Carcinoma KW - Squamous Cell; Cell Transformation KW - Neoplastic; Humans; Lichen Planus KW - Oral; Oral Hygiene; Retrospective Studies; Tongue Neoplasms TI - Malignancy in oral lichen planus: a review of a group from the Malaysian population SP - 65 AV - public EP - 71 ER -