A case and review of noma

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Tonna, Joseph E ^a   Lewin, Matthew R ^b   Mensh, Brett ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOUTH EDEMA; MOUTH ULCER; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STOMATITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NOMA; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650700880     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000869     Document Type: Review

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