Treatment of Recurrent Aphthous Ulcers in an HIV Patient – An Emerging Use for Pentoxifylline
Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection often suffer from persistent, painful ulcers that commonly occur on the soft palate, buccal mucosa, tonsillar area or tongue, which are referred to as aphthous ulcers. This paper reports the case in which pentoxifylline was successfully used...
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| description | Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection often suffer from persistent, painful ulcers that commonly occur on the soft palate, buccal mucosa, tonsillar area or tongue, which are referred to as aphthous ulcers. This paper reports the case in which pentoxifylline was successfully used to treat recurrent aphthous ulcers in an HIV patient. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c923f231ff774fd8ab15755962ca697a2025-02-03T05:49:37ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23321998-01-019318919010.1155/1998/569317Treatment of Recurrent Aphthous Ulcers in an HIV Patient – An Emerging Use for PentoxifyllineKathryn Lynn Slayter0Thomas J Marrie1College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaPatients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection often suffer from persistent, painful ulcers that commonly occur on the soft palate, buccal mucosa, tonsillar area or tongue, which are referred to as aphthous ulcers. This paper reports the case in which pentoxifylline was successfully used to treat recurrent aphthous ulcers in an HIV patient.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1998/569317 |
| spellingShingle | Kathryn Lynn Slayter Thomas J Marrie Treatment of Recurrent Aphthous Ulcers in an HIV Patient – An Emerging Use for Pentoxifylline Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | Treatment of Recurrent Aphthous Ulcers in an HIV Patient – An Emerging Use for Pentoxifylline |
| title_full | Treatment of Recurrent Aphthous Ulcers in an HIV Patient – An Emerging Use for Pentoxifylline |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Treatment of Recurrent Aphthous Ulcers in an HIV Patient – An Emerging Use for Pentoxifylline |
| title_short | Treatment of Recurrent Aphthous Ulcers in an HIV Patient – An Emerging Use for Pentoxifylline |
| title_sort | treatment of recurrent aphthous ulcers in an hiv patient an emerging use for pentoxifylline |
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