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Major aphthous stomatitis induced by nicorandil Volume 7, numéro 2, March 1997

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Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Fournier, 36, quai de la Bataille, F-54000 Nancy, France.
  • Page(s) : 132-3
  • Année de parution : 2000

Aphthous stomatitis and to a lesser extent other oral ulcerations are uncommon among adverse effects of drugs. Patients with aphthous stomatitis are often disabled. Its pathogenesis remains unclear but is probably multifactorial. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are most commonly the cause but other molecules contained in some anti-infectious drugs (griseofulvin, isoniazid), antihypertensive drugs (captopril), interleukin-2, gold, [...]