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Accuracy of preoperative fine needle aspiration in diagnosis of malignant parotid tumors

Hani Z. Marzouki, Mohammed A. Altabsh, Mohammed O. Albakrei, Talal A. Al-Khatib, Mazin A. Merdad and Nada J. Farsi
Saudi Medical Journal October 2017, 38 (10) 1000-1006; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.10.20988
Hani Z. Marzouki
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Marzouki, Altabsh, Albakrei, Al-Khatib, Merdad), and the Department of Dental Public Health (Farsi), Faculty of Dentistry, Jeddah, King Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed A. Altabsh
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Marzouki, Altabsh, Albakrei, Al-Khatib, Merdad), and the Department of Dental Public Health (Farsi), Faculty of Dentistry, Jeddah, King Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed O. Albakrei
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Marzouki, Altabsh, Albakrei, Al-Khatib, Merdad), and the Department of Dental Public Health (Farsi), Faculty of Dentistry, Jeddah, King Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Talal A. Al-Khatib
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Marzouki, Altabsh, Albakrei, Al-Khatib, Merdad), and the Department of Dental Public Health (Farsi), Faculty of Dentistry, Jeddah, King Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mazin A. Merdad
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Marzouki, Altabsh, Albakrei, Al-Khatib, Merdad), and the Department of Dental Public Health (Farsi), Faculty of Dentistry, Jeddah, King Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nada J. Farsi
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Marzouki, Altabsh, Albakrei, Al-Khatib, Merdad), and the Department of Dental Public Health (Farsi), Faculty of Dentistry, Jeddah, King Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Medical Journal Oct 2017, 38 (10) 1000-1006; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2017.10.20988

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Saudi Medical Journal Oct 2017, 38 (10) 1000-1006; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2017.10.20988
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