A large mouth ulcer, caused by a ferrous sulphate tablet in direct contact with oral mucosa in a patient with senile dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1483-1484

  Fernández Viadero, Carlos ^a,b   Sarabia, Nicolás Peña ^a   Verduga, Rosario ^b   Crespo, Dámaso ^b  

^a Department of Health and Social Welfare Govt of Cantabria ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; LETTER; MOUTH ULCER; SENILE DEMENTIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031729471     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb06026.x     Document Type: Letter

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