Periodontal findings in a patient with Dimorphic anaemia

Dimorphic anaemia can present itself with deficiency of more than one nutrients. The blood picture shows the presence of morphologically different red blood cells. The cause of dimorphic anaemia has to be established in order to systematically manage the patient. Combined deficiency of iron and foli...

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Published inInternational journal of clinical dental science Vol. 2; no. 1
Main Authors Galgali, Sushama R, Puttaswamaiah, Rajiv Nidasale
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bangalore Incessant Nature Science Publishers Private Limited 01.01.2011
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Summary:Dimorphic anaemia can present itself with deficiency of more than one nutrients. The blood picture shows the presence of morphologically different red blood cells. The cause of dimorphic anaemia has to be established in order to systematically manage the patient. Combined deficiency of iron and folic acid more commonly lead to dimorphic anaemia with clinical features of both forms of anaemia. The aim of this paper is to report a rare finding of periodontal involvement in a patient with dimorphic anaemia.
ISSN:2229-7790
2229-7804