Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 340-342 , July 2011

Oral nodular fasciitis: Report of a case of the buccal mucosa

  • Minas Leventis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. C. Alexandridis), Faculty of Dentistry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Athens, 5 Makrinitsas Street, 11522 Athens, Greece. Tel./fax: +30 2106424400.
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  • Emmanouil Vardas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. C. Alexandridis), Faculty of Dentistry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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  • Aikaterini Gkouzioti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. Dr. R. Schmelzeisen), Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
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  • Evanthia Chrysomali

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology (Head: Prof. Dr. A. Sklavounou), Faculty of Dentistry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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  • Ioulia Chatzistamou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology (Head: Prof. Dr. A. Sklavounou), Faculty of Dentistry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Received 6 October 2009 ,Accepted 23 April 2010.

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PII: S1010-5182(10)00104-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2010.04.014

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 340-342 , July 2011

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