Medical-dental findings and management of a child with infantile Refsum disease: A case report

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 112-117

  Acharya, Bhavini S ^a   Ritwik, Priyanshi ^b   Velasquez, Gisela M ^a   Fenton, Sanford J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DENTAL BRANCH AT HOUSTON   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

composite strip crowns; enamel hypoplasia; general anesthesia; infantile Refsum disease; leukodystrophy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ENAMEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANTILE REFSUM DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH MALFORMATION; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE;

CHILD; CROWNS; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTAL ENAMEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERIAPICAL ABSCESS; REFSUM DISEASE, INFANTILE; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES; TOOTH ATTRITION; TOOTH MOBILITY; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 84861357805     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: 17544505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2012.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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