Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 9 , Pages 725-729 , September 2009

Clinicopathological Study of Oral Giant Cell Fibromas

  • Ru-Cheng Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Ping Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsin-Ming Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Oral Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Andy Sun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Bu-Yuan Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ying-Shiung Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Dentistry, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Ying-Shiung Kuo, Department of Dentistry, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, 21, Nan-Ya South Road, Section 2, Pan-Chiao, Taipei 220, Taiwan

Received 10 February 2009 ,Revised 5 March 2009 ,Accepted 6 March 2009.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60396-X

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60396-X

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 9 , Pages 725-729 , September 2009

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