Mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a young adult: Recognition, diagnosis, and treatment and responsibility

General Dentistry

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 434-439

  Epstein, Joel B ^a,b   Hollender, Lars ^b   Pruzan, Steven R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Miracle Pruzan Pruzan and Baker   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; MAXILLARY SINUS NEOPLASMS; MOLAR, THIRD; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; PALATAL OBTURATORS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; TOOTH ERUPTION, ECTOPIC;

EID: 8344245399     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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