The administration of folic acid to institutionalized epileptic adults with phenytoin-induced gingival hyperplasia. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel study

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 565-568

  Brown, Ronald S ^a   Di Stanislao, Phillip T ^b,c   Beaver, William T ^d   Bottomley, William K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Dental Services Hiram Davis Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PHENYTOIN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025868425     PISSN: 00304220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4220(91)90363-H     Document Type: Article

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