Oro-facial gangrene (Noma/Cancrum oris): Pathogenetic mechanisms

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-171

  Enwonwu, C O ^a,b   Falkler Jr , W A ^b   Idigbe, E O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaerobic infection; Cancrum oris; Noma; Oro facial gangrene; Poverty

Indexed keywords

GROWTH PROMOTOR; SKIN TOXIN;

AFRICA; AUTOMUTILATION; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MOUTH FLORA; PREVALENCE; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STOMATITIS; VINCENT STOMATITIS;

EID: 0033909432     PISSN: 10454411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10454411000110020201     Document Type: Review

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