A case of visual impairment caused by an orbital abscess due to odontogenic maxillary sinusitis
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
سال: 2007
ISSN: 2186-1579,0021-5163
DOI: 10.5794/jjoms.53.425