Resolution of orofacial granulomatosis with amalgam removal

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 344-347

  Guttman Yassky, E ^a   Weltfriend, S ^b   Bergman, R ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Granulomatosis; Mercury; Orofacial

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; CORTICOSTEROID; MERCURY; METAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTAL CARE; DERMIS; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FACE DISORDER; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIP DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOUTH DISEASE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH FILLING; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

CHEEK; DENTAL AMALGAM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LIP; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0038325721     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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