Clinical assessment of disease severity in recurrent aphthous stomatitis

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 635-641

  Tappuni, Anwar R ^a   Kovacevic, Tatjana ^b   Shirlaw, Penelope J ^b   Challacombe, Stephen J ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphthous; Disease severity; Oral ulcers; Stomatitis

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

APHTHOUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ORAL ULCERS; STOMATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE; CHEEK; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVAL DISEASES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LIP DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALATE, SOFT; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; STOMATITIS, HERPETIC; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883554230     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jop.12059     Document Type: Article

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