Sodium valproate induced gingival enlargement in 22 months old child

Gingival enlargement is a common clinical feature seen in patients suffering from gingival and periodontal diseases and is a common side-effect of drugs such as anti-convulsants, calcium channel blockers and immunosuppresants. This is a case report of 22 months old child suffering from gingival enla...

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Autores principales: Dhalkari, Chandulal Digambarrao, Ganatra, Pallav Virendra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4239757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25425829
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.142465
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description Gingival enlargement is a common clinical feature seen in patients suffering from gingival and periodontal diseases and is a common side-effect of drugs such as anti-convulsants, calcium channel blockers and immunosuppresants. This is a case report of 22 months old child suffering from gingival enlargement following intake of sodium valproate. Among the anti-convulsants phenytoin is commonly associated with gingival enlargement; however, there are not many cases reported on sodium valproate induced gingival enlargement.
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spelling pubmed-42397572014-11-25 Sodium valproate induced gingival enlargement in 22 months old child Dhalkari, Chandulal Digambarrao Ganatra, Pallav Virendra J Indian Soc Periodontol Case Report Gingival enlargement is a common clinical feature seen in patients suffering from gingival and periodontal diseases and is a common side-effect of drugs such as anti-convulsants, calcium channel blockers and immunosuppresants. This is a case report of 22 months old child suffering from gingival enlargement following intake of sodium valproate. Among the anti-convulsants phenytoin is commonly associated with gingival enlargement; however, there are not many cases reported on sodium valproate induced gingival enlargement. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4239757/ /pubmed/25425829 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.142465 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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