Oral squamous cell carcinoma associated with khat chewing

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Fasanmade, Adekunmi ^a   Kwok, Evelyn ^a   Newman, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHA EDULIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOUTH; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CATHA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOUTH FLOOR; MOUTH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250159771     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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