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A Gotouda1, T Yamaguchi, K Okada

  • 1Department of Gnathofunctional Medicine, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. gotouda@den.hokudai.ac.jp

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
|August 25, 2007
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