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Case Reports
. 2017 Dec 31;12(3):28-29.
eCollection 2017.

Black tongue

V V Visuvanathan  1 , K C Koh  2
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Case Reports

Black tongue

V V Visuvanathan et al. Malays Fam Physician. .
No abstract available

Keywords: antiretroviral therapy; tongue hyperpigmentation.

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Figure 1
Patient's tongue (dorsal view)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Right and left lateral view of the patient's tongue
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