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Case Reports
. 1998 Jun;69(6):729-32.
doi: 10.1902/jop.1998.69.6.729.

Reduction of cyclosporine-induced gingival overgrowth following a change to tacrolimus. A case history involving a liver transplant patient

G Bader  1 , S Lejeune, M Messner
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Reduction of cyclosporine-induced gingival overgrowth following a change to tacrolimus. A case history involving a liver transplant patient

G Bader et al. J Periodontol. 1998 Jun.

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  • J Periodontol 1998 Oct;69(10):1181
  • Clarification.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] J Periodontol. 1998 Oct;69(10):1181. doi: 10.1902/jop.1998.69.10.1181a. J Periodontol. 1998. PMID: 29539816 No abstract available.

Abstract

During immunosuppression with cyclosporine, gingival overgrowth, a minor secondary effect, may appear in the first weeks of treatment. In certain cases it may affect the function and/or esthetic appearance in a manner intolerable to the patient. A new immunnosuppressive molecule, tacrolimus, presently used as a treatment of second choice to control acute corticoresistant rejection, may bring oral comfort to these patients, since it reduces gingival overgrowth to negligible levels.

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