Ulcerative lesions of the mouth: An update for the general medical practitioner

Clinics

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 769-780

  Leão, Jair Carneiro ^a,b   Gomes, Valder Barbosa ^a   Porter, Stephen ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oral lesions; Oral medicine; Oral ulceration; Recurrent aphthous stomatitis; Recurrent oral ulceration

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549084703     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322007000600018     Document Type: Review

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