The Possible Potential Therapeutic Targets for Drug Induced Gingival Overgrowth

Gingival overgrowth is a side effect of certain medications. The most fibrotic drug-induced lesions develop in response to therapy with phenytoin, the least fibrotic lesions are caused by cyclosporin A, and the intermediate fibrosis occurs in nifedipine-induced gingival overgrowth. Fibrosis is one o...

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Main Authors: Tamilselvan Subramani, Vidhya Rathnavelu, Noorjahan Banu Alitheen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/639468