Oral Oncology
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 393-396 , June 2001

Metastasis of breast carcinoma to mandibular gingiva

  • J.E Scipio

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Uriah Butler Highway, Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
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  • P.R Murti

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Uriah Butler Highway, Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
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  • H.F Al-Bayaty

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Uriah Butler Highway, Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
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  • R Matthews

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Uriah Butler Highway, Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
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  • C Scully

      Affiliations

    • Eastman Dental Institute of Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, UK

Received 17 July 2000 ,Accepted 11 September 2000.

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Oral Oncology
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