Alveolar and extra-alveolar granular cell lesions of the newborn: Report of case and review of literature

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 668-671

  Loyola, A M ^a,b   Gatti, A F ^a   Santos Pinto Jr, D ^a   Mesquita, R A ^a  

^a Department of Oral Pathology ^*

^b Depto de Cirurgia e Diagnostico   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GINGIVA TUMOR; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; JAW; MAXILLA TUMOR; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TONGUE TUMOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALVEOLAR PROCESS; CELL NUCLEUS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031298032     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90370-X     Document Type: Article

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