Amlodipine-induced gingival overgrowth: Periodontal responses to stopping and restarting the drug

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 60-62

  Morisaki, Ichijiro ^a   Dol, Shizuka ^b   Ueda, Katsura ^a   Amano, Atsuo ^a   Hayashi, Mikiko ^a   Mihara, Joji ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mihara Dental Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amlodipine; Calcium channel blocker; Gingival overgrowth; Nifedipine

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVA OVERGROWTH; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVAL OVERGROWTH; GINGIVAL POCKET; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0035288854     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2001.tb00226.x     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Seymour RA, Thomason JM, Ellis JS. The pathogenesis of druginduced gingival overgrowth. J Clin Periodontol 23:165-75, 1996.