Noma (Cancrum Oris): A Report of a Case in a Young AIDS Patient with a Review of the Pathogenesis

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 188-192

  Masipa, J N ^a   Baloyi, A M ^a   Khammissa, R A G ^a   Altini, M ^b   Lemmer, J ^a   Feller, L ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gangrene; Necrotising oral diseases; Noma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CHILD; FACE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; STOMATITIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; FACE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NECROSIS; NOMA;

EID: 84877066922     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-012-0393-0     Document Type: Article

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