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George Tsakotos1, George Triantafyllou1, Marianna Vlychou2

  • 1Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias str., Goudi, Athens, 11527, Greece.

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FusionLingual arterySuperior thyroid arteryThyrolingual trunkVariation

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