Cancrum oris - A 35-year retrospective study

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1379-1382

  Lazarus, D ^a   Hudson, D A ^a  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CHILD; CHIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LIP; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MEASLES; NOSE; NOSE SEPTUM; ONSET AGE; PALATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NOMA; NUTRITION DISORDERS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031434032     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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