Osnat Grinstein-Koren: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – original
draft
Michal Lusthaus: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administration
Hilla Tabibian-Keissar: Role: Investigation
Ilana Kaplan: Role: ResourcesRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Amos Buchner: Role: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Ron Ilatov: Role: Investigation
Marilena Vered:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1187-2333
Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole: Writing
– original draft
Ayelet Zlotogorski-Hurvitz: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: ResourcesRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draft
Cheorl-Ho Kim: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
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Title:
PLOS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
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)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
15
March
2024
Publication date Collection: 2024
Volume: 19
Issue: 3
Electronic Location Identifier: e0300269
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Imaging, Goldschleger
School of Dental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
[2
]
Institute of Pathology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
[3
]
Institute of Pathology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel
[4
]
Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
[5
]
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva,
Israel
Sungkyunkwan University and Samsung Advanced Institute of Health Science and Technology
(SAIHST), REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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PONE-D-23-28297
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300269
PMC ID: 10942036
PubMed ID: 38489333
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Award ID: 100
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1187-2333
Marilena Vered
The study was supported by the Herb and Ed Stein Chair in Oral Pathology, Tel Aviv
University. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis,
decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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