Treatment of self-inflicted oral trauma in a comatose patient: A case report

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 661-664

  Kobayashi, Taira ^a   Ghanem, Henry ^a   Umezawa, Koji ^b   Mega, Junichi ^b   Kawara, Misao ^b   Feine, Jocelyne S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coma; Lip injuries; Mouth protectors; Self mutilation prevention control

Indexed keywords

PL 732; POLYENE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMA; HUMAN; INJURY; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH PROTECTOR;

COMA; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH PROTECTORS; POLYENES; SELF MUTILATION;

EID: 27744488800     PISSN: 14882159     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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