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Management of rhino-orbital mucormycosis

Mostafa S. Mohamed, Hesham Y. Abdel-Motaleb and Fahmy A. Mobarak
Saudi Medical Journal July 2015, 36 (7) 865-868; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.7.11859
Mostafa S. Mohamed
From the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (Mohamed, Abdel-Motaleb), Nasser Institute Hospital for Research and Treatment, and the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (Mobarak), Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Hesham Y. Abdel-Motaleb
From the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (Mohamed, Abdel-Motaleb), Nasser Institute Hospital for Research and Treatment, and the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (Mobarak), Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Fahmy A. Mobarak
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