Oral Syphilis Responds to Topical Antibiotic Therapy but Still Needs Definitive Systemic Treatment
J Oral Med Pain 2018;43:21-25
Published online March 30, 2018
© 2018 Korean Academy of Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine
Kyu-Hyeon Ahn1, Hyeong-Joon Ji1, Ok-Joon Kim1, Byung-Gook Kim2, Yeong-Gwan Im3
1Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Dental Science Research Institute, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea
2Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea
3Department of Oral Medicine, Chonnam National University Dental Hospital, Gwangju, Korea
Correspondence to: Yeong-Gwan Im
Department of Oral Medicine, Chonnam National University Dental Hospital, 33 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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imygwise@jnu.ac.kr Received February 14, 2018; Revised March 8, 2018; Accepted March 9, 2018.
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