Oral focal mucinosis of the Tongue
β Scribed by Giuseppe Soda; Andrea Baiocchini; Daniela Bosco; Stefano Nardoni; Marco Melis
- Book ID
- 105650892
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 754 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1219-4956
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