Oral Ulcer
"Oral Ulcer" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A loss of mucous substance of the mouth showing local excavation of the surface, resulting from the sloughing of inflammatory necrotic tissue. It is the result of a variety of causes, e.g., denture irritation, aphthous stomatitis (STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS); NOMA; necrotizing gingivitis (GINGIVITIS, NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE); TOOTHBRUSHING; and various irritants. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p842)
Descriptor ID |
D019226
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MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.672
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Concept/Terms |
Oral Ulcer- Oral Ulcer
- Oral Ulcers
- Ulcer, Oral
- Ulcers, Oral
- Mouth Ulcer
- Mouth Ulcers
- Ulcer, Mouth
- Ulcers, Mouth
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Neel ML, Kern J, Ronis T. A 3-Day-Old Girl Referred From Her Pediatrician for Oral Ulcerations. Pediatrics. 2016 09; 138(3).
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