An unusual oral chronic graft-versus-host disease-like syndrome following a liver transplant

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 552-556

  Bunetel, Laurence ^a   Le Gall, François ^b   Delaval, Yvonne ^b   Sixou, Jean Louis ^a   Dabadie, Alain ^b   Bonnaure Mallet, Martine ^a  

^a Department of Pediatric Dentistry   (France)

^b RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Child; Cyclosporin A adverse effects; Gingival hyperplasia etiology; Graft versus host disease; Liver transplantation; Oral mucosa; Tacrolimus therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MELANIN; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CASE REPORT; CELL DEGENERATION; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; KERATINOCYTE; LICHENOID; LIP DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUTH CAVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURIGO;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GINGIVAL DISEASES; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MELANOSIS; PRURIGO; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0037690448     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2003.74.4.552     Document Type: Article

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