Detection of Epstein-Barr virus in different sources of materials from patients with oral lichen planus: a case-control study

摘要

Aims To detect the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA in different sources of materials from a matched group of patients with oral lichen planus (OLP) and a group of people without OLP lesions, and to correlate the presence of virus with epidemiological variables of the groups studied.