Noma disease outside the typical age brackets in 4 patients. Is there a missing link in the possible etio-pathogenesis

Authors

RO BRAIMAH Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria.
AO TAIWO Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.
HO OLASOJI Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Bama Road, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
IK SULEIMAN Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Bama Road, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
M BALA Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria.
IO OKETADE Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State.

Noma, aetiopathogenesis, missing link, Nigeria

Noma disease outside the typical age brackets in 4 patients. Is there a missing link in the possible etio-pathogenesis