TY - JOUR AU - Zeng, Xin AU - Jin, Xin AU - Zhong, Liang AU - Zhou, Gang AU - Zhong, Ming AU - Wang, Wenmei AU - Fan, Yuan AU - Liu, Qing AU - Qi, Xiangmin AU - Guan, Xiaobing AU - Yan, Zhimin AU - Shen, Xuemin AU - Wu, Yingfang AU - Fan, Lijie AU - Wang, Zhi AU - He, Yuan AU - Dan, Hongxia AU - Yang, Jiantang AU - Wang, Hui AU - Liu, Dongjuan AU - Feng, Hui AU - Jiao, Kai AU - Chen, Qianming PY - 2022 TI - Difficult and complicated oral ulceration: an expert consensus guideline for diagnosis JO - International Journal of Oral Science SN - 1674-2818 SP - 28 VL - 14 AB - The complexity of oral ulcerations poses considerable diagnostic and therapeutic challenges to oral specialists. The expert consensus was conducted to summarize the diagnostic work-up for difficult and complicated oral ulcers, based on factors such as detailed clinical medical history inquiry, histopathological examination, and ulceration-related systemic diseases screening. Not only it can provide a standardized procedure of oral ulceration, but also it can improve the diagnostic efficiency, in order to avoid misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis. UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41368-022-00178-0 DO - 10.1038/s41368-022-00178-0