Oral white sponge naevus: Response to antibiotic therapy

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 59-63

  Lamey, P J ^a   Bolas, A ^a   Napier, S S ^a   Darwazeh, A M G ^b   Macdonald, D G ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOPLAKIA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES;

EID: 0031803295     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1998.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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