title: Mental nerve anaesthesia; a complication of sickle cell crisis during childbirth.
abstract: This report describes the case of an Afro-Caribbean lady diagnosed with sickle cell anaemia, who presented with permanent mental nerve anaesthesia as a result of a sickle cell crisis during childbirth.
authors.affiliation: Liverpool University Dental Hospital and School.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boardman
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Field
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D002680:Chin / Q000294:innervation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology*; D008046:Lip / Q000294:innervation*; D036801:Parturition; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications