A 5-year survey of oral biopsies in an oral surgical unit in Singapore: 1993-1997

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 665-671

  Tay, A B G ^a  

^a National Dental Centre of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Odontogenic cysts; Odontogenic tumours; Oral malignancies; Oral pathology; Relative frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DENTAL CLINIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOUTH; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH TUMOR; ODONTOGENIC CYST; ODONTOGENIC TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS;

BIOPSY; DENTAL CLINICS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MOUTH; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ODONTOGENIC CYSTS; ODONTOGENIC TUMORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0033183631     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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