Angular cheilitis, part 2: nutritional, systemic, and drug-related causes and treatment.

Abstract

Angular cheilitis (AC) is associated with a variety of nutritional, systemic, and drug-related factors that may act exclusively or in combination with local factors.

Establishing the underlying etiology of AC is required to appropriately focus treatment efforts.

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Subjects

• Cheilitis
• Drug Eruptions
• Humans
• Malnutrition

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Authors

• Kelly K Park
• Robert T Brodell
• Stephen E Helms

Publication date

2011-08-31

Journal

Journal topics

• Dermatology

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Cutis; cutaneous medicine for the practitioner

Dermatology Section, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, USA. parkk2 [at] derm.ucsf.edu

Release reference

Cutis. 2011 Jul;88(1):27-32

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