Gingival hypertrophy: a solitary manifestation of scurvy

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 426-428

  Li, Ryan ^a   Byers, Karin ^a   Walvekar, Rohan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECREASED APPETITE; DIET; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GINGIVA HYPERTROPHY; GINGIVAL BIOPSY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCURVY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEGETABLE;

ASCORBIC ACID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCURVY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54349083829     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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