Cancrum oris and noma: Some etymological and historical remarks

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 524-527

  Marck, K W ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancrum oris; Etymology; History; Necrotising ulcerative stomatitis; Noma; Stomatitis gangrenosus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; FACE DISORDER; GANGRENE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH ULCER; NECROSIS; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMATITIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0042381788     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00224-8     Document Type: Article

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