Giant cell tumour of hyoid bone: case report
β Scribed by E.M. Iype; E.K. Abraham; K. Kumar; M. Pandey; J. Prabhakar; M.I. Ahamed; P. Sebastian
- Book ID
- 117834638
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0266-4356
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