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Isolation, Processing and Analysis of Murine Gingival Cells
Published on: July 2, 2013
An unusual case of gingival hyperplasia with gingival ulcerations
James Guggenheimer1, Joanne L Prasad, Ahmad Al-Shareef
1Department of Diagnostic Sciences, G-137 Salk, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 Terrace St., Pittsburgh, PA 15261-1964, USA. guggen@pitt.edu
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