Gingival overgrowth with valproic acid: A case report

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 294-297

  Anderson, Howard H ^a   Rapley, John W ^b   Williams, David R ^c  

^a Naval Dental Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; GINGIVA OVERGROWTH; GINGIVECTOMY; HUMAN; REVIEW; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA; GINGIVAL OVERGROWTH; GINGIVECTOMY; HUMANS; PERIAPICAL ABSCESS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0031178012     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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