Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 318-320 , April 2002

Peripheral ameloblastoma is not a hamartoma but rather more of a neoplasm

  • Fumio Ide

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Pathology, Mekai University School of Dentistry, 1-1 Keyakidai, Sakado, Saitama 350-0283, Japan
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  • Kaoru Kusama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Pathology, Mekai University School of Dentistry, 1-1 Keyakidai, Sakado, Saitama 350-0283, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author
  • ,
  • Akio Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1-1 Keyakidai, Sakado, Saitama 350-0283, Japan
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  • Hideaki Sakashita

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1-1 Keyakidai, Sakado, Saitama 350-0283, Japan

Received 13 November 2001 ,Accepted 15 November 2001.

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Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 318-320 , April 2002