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Retrospective analysis of biopsied oral and maxillofacial lesions in South-Western Saudi Arabia

Sanaa M. Saleh, Ali M. Idris, Nandimandalam V. Vani, Faisal M. Tubaigy, Fahd A. Alharbi, Abubakr A. Sharwani, Nabil T. Mikhail and Saman Warnakulasuriya
Saudi Medical Journal April 2017, 38 (4) 405-412; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.4.18760

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