A complication of tongue piercing

British Dental Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 147-148

  Perkins, C S ^a   Meisner, J ^a   Harrison, J M ^a  

^a CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INJURY; LUDWIG ANGINA; PENETRATING TRAUMA; TONGUE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LUDWIG'S ANGINA; SELF MUTILATION; TONGUE; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0031583151     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809327     Document Type: Article

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