title: [Nifedipine and gingival hypertrophy].
abstract: Nifedipine-induced gingival hypertrophy is a rare side effect reported by the producers of this drug but, surely, not well known in all its aspects. In the present case report this pathology is studied in a patient treated with nifedipine for 30 months for cardiac angina, analyzing the histologic features, the therapy plain conducted for the hypertrophy and the most important pathogenetic theories formulated till now.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Medica II, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Borgia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Paola
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Folco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calpicchio
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005886:Gingival Hypertrophy / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010096:Oxprenolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010096:Oxprenolol; D009543:Nifedipine; D013988:Ticlopidine
vernacular_title: Nifedipina ed ipertrofia gengivale.