"Strawberry like" gingivitis being the first sign of Wegener's granulomatosis

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 651-653

  Ruokonen, Hellevi ^a   Helve, Tapani ^b   Arola, Johanna ^c   Hietanen, Jarkko ^a,d   Lindqvist, Christian ^a   Hagstrom, Jaana ^c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Division of Rheumatology   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gingivitis; Granulomatous disease; Vasculitis; Wegener

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; METHOTREXATE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE 3 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; GINGIVAL BIOPSY; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; TISSUE NECROSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 70349275229     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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