Gingival bleeding in a patient with autism spectrum disorder: A key finding leading to a diagnosis of scurvy

Quintessence International

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 407-411

  Planerova, Adela ^a   Philip, Sherry ^b   Elad, Sharon ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Gingival bleeding; Scurvy

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCURVY;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SCURVY;

EID: 85017391314     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.qi.a38060     Document Type: Article

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