Submucous fibrosis
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Oral Submucous Fibrosis: a case report
We describe an interesting case of oral sub mucous fibrosis accompanied by severe trismus in a 23 years old man. The patient had initially been diagnosed as having internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint and conservative treatment had failed to decrease the symptoms. Despite extremely limited temporomandibular joint movement, cone beam computed tomography revealed no important abnor...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1988.tb05788.x