"Gingival Hyperplasia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Non-inflammatory enlargement of the gingivae produced by factors other than local irritation. It is characteristically due to an increase in the number of cells. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p400)
| Descriptor ID |
D005885
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.714.258.428.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Gingival Hyperplasia- Gingival Hyperplasia
- Gingival Hyperplasias
- Hyperplasia, Gingival
- Hyperplasias, Gingival
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gingival Hyperplasia" by people in Profiles.
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Management of generalized gingival enlargement in a dog--case report and literature review. J Vet Dent. 2005 Sep; 22(3):160-9.
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Heparan sulfate interacting protein (HIP/L29) negatively regulates growth responses to basic fibroblast growth factor in gingival fibroblasts. J Dent Res. 2002 Apr; 81(4):247-52.