Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 271-273 , June 2010

Diagnosis and management of intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma

  • Qin Ma, PhD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationQin MA, PhD, DDS, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 145 Chang Le Xi Lu, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032 China. Tel.: +86 29 84776097; Fax: +86 29 83223047.
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  • Hong Song, PhD, DDS
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  • Pu Zhang, PhD, DDS
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  • Rui Hou, PhD
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  • Xiaobing Cheng, PhD, DDS
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  • Delin Lei, DDS

Received 16 April 2009 ,Accepted 22 July 2009.

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PII: S1010-5182(09)00137-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2009.07.005

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 271-273 , June 2010

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