Oral aphthosis: Management gaps and recent advances

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 463-470

  Liang, Michelle W ^a   Neoh, Ching Yin ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Oral ulcers; Recurrent aphthosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DAPSONE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH ULCER; MYCOSIS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84868589159     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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