title: Recognizing and caring for the medically compromised child: 3. Disorders affecting the gastro-intestinal tract and human immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: Oral manifestations of gastro-intestinal disease are commonly under-diagnosed. This paper is the third in the series entitled 'Recognizing and Caring for the Medically Compromised Child' and seeks to facilitate the process of diagnosis and management of disorders affecting the gastro-intestinal tract in terms of both oral and gut signs and symptoms. This paper concludes with a section devoted to the recognition of HIV disease in paediatric patients, both orally and generally, and its implications for management within the dental surgery.
authors.affiliation: King's Dental Institute & Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Barnard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Challacombe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johnstone
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D019140:Dental Care for Children; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans