Orofacial Granulomatosis Associated with Crohn's Disease
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Orofacial granulomatosis associated with Crohn's disease.
Orofacial granulomatosis (OFG) is a term used to describe swelling of the orofacial area, mainly in the lips, secondary to an underlying granulomatous inflammatory process. OFG has been reported in association with systemic conditions such as sarcoidosis and Crohn's disease (CD). OFG may precede gastrointestinal disease, such as CD, by several years and may be the only obvious focus of the dise...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Dermatology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1013-9087,2005-3894
DOI: 10.5021/ad.2010.22.2.203