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Acute necrotising gingivitis in young children from villages with and without noma in Niger and its association with sociodemographic factors, nutritional status and oral hygiene practices: results of a population-based survey

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested that acute necrotising gingivitis precedes noma disease and that noma clusters in some villages in certain regions of low- and middle-income countries. We sought to assess the prevalence of gingivitis with bleeding in young children from villages with or w...

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Autores principales: Baratti-Mayer, Denise, Gayet-Ageron, Angèle, Cionca, Norbert, Mossi, Mahamadou Abdoulaye, Pittet, Didier, Mombelli, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Global Health 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5656129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29082004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000253