Midline palate perforation secondary to cocaine abuse

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 588-590

  Cintra, Henrique Ladvocat ^a   Basile, Filipe V ^a   Tournieux, Tatiana T ^a   Pitanguy, Ivo ^a   Basile, Antonio Roberto ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Clinica Basile Medical Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DYSPHAGIA; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOSE CAVITY; PALATE DISEASE; PALATE PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOUTH DISEASES; PALATE, SOFT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 43049120261     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.08.028     Document Type: Letter

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