Clinicopathologic features of forehead prayer marks in Kano, Northwest Nigeria
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Prayer Mark on the Forehead: Hyperpigmentation
Vol. 27, No. 1, 2015 107 Received March 12, 2014, Revised April 4, 2014, Accepted for publication April 9, 2014 Corresponding author: Ozge Mine Orenay, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Turgut Ozal University, Alparslan Turkes Caddesi No. 57, Ankara 06510, Turkey. Tel: +90-312-203-5257, Fax: +90-312-221-3670, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2667-1476
DOI: 10.1016/j.adoms.2021.100048