Management of aphthous ulcers

American Family Physician

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 149-154+160

  McBride, David R ^a  

^a Lynn Community Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLEXANOX; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LIDOCAINE; MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE; THALIDOMIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTHRITIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; GENITAL ULCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; REVIEW; UVEITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS;

EID: 0342656517     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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