Huge ameloblastoma of jaw—A case report
✍ Scribed by Subhalakshmi Mukhopadhyay; Kalpana Raha; Sambhu Charan Mondal
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0019-5421
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