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Journal of IMAB - Annual Proceeding (Scientific Papers)
Publisher: Peytchinski, Gospodin Iliev
ISSN: 1312-773X (Online)
Issue: Volume 16, book 4, 2010
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.1642010_63
Subject Collection:Oral and Dental Medicine. Short Communication
Page: 63 - 64
Online date: February 11, 2011
A CASE OF ERYTHEMA EXUDATIVUM MULTIFORME - IDIOPATHIC FORM - TREATMENT PROBLEMS
Asya Krasteva, Evgeniy Aleksiev, Tzveteliva Gocheva, Angelina Kisselova
Department of Imaging and Oral Diagnostic,
Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
ABSTRACT:
An idiopathic form of erythema exudativum multiforme, characterized by atypical localization and lack of skin manifestation at the moment of the clinical exam, was found. It was diagnosed rather late, after two biopsies of the skin and one of the oral lesion.
The authors would like to accentuate the problems of treatment of idiopаthic forms their search for new solutions
Key words: erythema exudativum multiforme, idiopathic form, treatment problems.
Page: 63-64; FULL TEXT PDF (135 KB) Abstract
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