Burning mouth complaints: clinical characteristics of a Brazilian sample
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Burning mouth complaints: clinical characteristics of a Brazilian sample.
OBJECTIVE Evaluation of the clinical characteristics of burning mouth complaints (BMC) in a series of Brazilian patients referred to a large teaching hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS 66 patients with burning mouth complaints were evaluated through a standardized protocol. RESULTS 56 women and 10 men were examined, ranging in age from 35-83 years. The primary location of the complaints was re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1807-5932
DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322007000500005