Noma: clinical and evolutive aspect.
Noma is a gangrenous stomatitis affecting children from developing countries. It may leave dreadful mutilations around the mouth, leading to esthetic disabling sequels and permanent trismus. Iconography of the acute stage and of sequels is presented in this paper, and pathogenesis of the disease is discussed.
Evrard
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Service de Stomatologie et de Chirurgie Maxillo-faciale, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles.
Laroque
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Glineur
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Daelemans
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D009625:Noma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D011203:Poverty; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014313:Trismus / Q000503:physiopathology; D014945:Wound Healing