Congenital ranula: A case report

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-81

  Rodrigues Cavalcante, Ana Sueli ^a   Blumer Rosa, Luiz Eduardo ^a   Sena Costa, Nívea Cristina ^a   Hatakeyama, Márcia ^a   Lia Anbinder, Ana ^a,b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAUBATÉ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Cyst retention; Marsupialization; Ranula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFANT; MOUTH; MUCOCELE; PATHOLOGY;

HUMANS; INFANT; MOUTH FLOOR; RANULA;

EID: 63449089352     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: 19355068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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