Felodipine-Induced Gingival Hyperplasia

Cutis

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-43

  Young, Peter C ^a   Turiansky, George W ^a   Sau, Purnima ^a   Liebman, Mayer D ^b   Benson, Paul M ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FELODIPINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN;

AGED; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; FELODIPINE; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS;

EID: 0032109161     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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