Gingival lesions in a patient with chronic oral graft-versus-host disease: A case report

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 375-378

  Argiriadou, Annie S ^a,b   Sardella, Andrea ^b   Demarosi, Federica ^b   Carrassi, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Gingival manifestations; Graft versus host disease

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GINGIVA; GINGIVA DISEASE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MOUTH ULCER; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TONGUE DISEASE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GINGIVAL DISEASES; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; LICHENOID ERUPTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL ULCER; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 0038826741     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051X.2003.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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