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Noma, Macaca mulatta

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Nonhuman Primates I

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Abstract

Noma is a rapidly progressive gangrenous process that affects the oral cavity, particularly the gingiva, cheeks, and lips, causing bone denudation and extensive facial disfigurement (Fig. 72). The disease process may be unilateral or bilateral and may affect both upper and lower jaws. In the earliest stages the lesions may be limited to a small area of oral mucosal ulceration and edema.

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  1. ILSI Research Foundation, Harvard Medical School, 1126 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, DC, 20036, USA

    Thomas Carlyle Jones D.V.M., D.Sc. (Professor of Comparative Pathology Emeritus) (Professor of Comparative Pathology Emeritus)

  2. Institut für Experimentelle Pathologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8, 30625, Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany

    Ulrich Mohr M.D. (Professor of Experimental Pathology) (Professor of Experimental Pathology)

  3. New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, One Pine Hill Drive, Southborough, MA, 01772, USA

    Ronald Duncan Hunt D.V.M. (Professor of Comparative Pathology) (Professor of Comparative Pathology)

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Lackner, A.A., Armitage, G.C., Schiødt, M. (1993). Noma, Macaca mulatta . In: Jones, T.C., Mohr, U., Hunt, R.D. (eds) Nonhuman Primates I. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84906-0_10

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