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From: Clinical relevance of interdental papilla biopsy in chronic erosive gingivitis (desquamative gingivitis): retrospective bicentric study of 148 specimens

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Clinical examples of systemic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases with predominantly gingival expression, diagnosed with the papillary biopsy technique. In all these patients, the gingiva was particularly inflammatory, hemorrhagic at the slightest touch and erosive in several places (clinical picture of desquamative gingivitis). The diagnostic delay varied from a few months to several years. a Gingival lichen planus; b bullous gingival lichen planus, c pemphigus vulgaris; d mucous membrane pemphigoid; e pemphigoid lichen planus; f plasma cell gingivitis

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