Noma - The ulcer of extreme poverty

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-224

  Enwonwu, Cyril O ^a,b  

^a Graduate Program in Craniofacial Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

DEHYDRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH ULCER; NIGERIA; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMATITIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUND CARE;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NOMA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POVERTY;

EID: 30944434021     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp058193     Document Type: Review

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