The relevance and effect of amalgam replacement in subjects with oral lichenoid reactions

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 420-423

  Ibbotson, S H ^a   Speight, E L ^a   Macleod, R I ^b   Smart, E R ^b   Lawrence, C M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029972455     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb16224.x     Document Type: Article

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