Lesch-Nyhan syndrome: A preventive approach to self-mutilation

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-56

  Fardi, K ^a   Topouzelis, N ^a   Kotsanos, N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BITE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; LESCH NYHAN SYNDROME; LOWER LIP; MALE; PALATE; PROPHYLAXIS; SCHOOL CHILD; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; LIP; MALOCCLUSION; METHODOLOGY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; WOUND HEALING;

CHILD; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LESCH-NYHAN SYNDROME; LIP; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, REMOVABLE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038412589     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-263X.2003.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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