Topical Calendula officinalis L. successfully treated exfoliative cheilitis: a case report
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Topical Calendula officinalis L. successfully treated exfoliative cheilitis: a case report
Authors describe a case of recurrent exfoliative cheilitis that responded to treatment with a standardized topical preparation of Calendula officinalis L. An eighteen-year-old man was referred to UNESP - São Paulo State University, Department of Biosciences and Oral Diagnosis, São José dos Campos Dental School to investigate a chronic dry scaling lesion on his lips. The patient's main chief was...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cases Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1757-1626
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-9077