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Technique to Collect Fungiform (Taste) Papillae from Human Tongue
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Technique to Collect Fungiform (Taste) Papillae from Human Tongue

Published on: September 18, 2010

Observations on the structure of the subepithelial nerve plexus in the tongue

Y Mikhail, S A El-Rahman, L Morris

    Acta Anatomica
    |January 1, 1980
    PubMed

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