Congenital Gingival Granular Cell Tumor: A Case Report
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Ceren Yıldırım, Tamer Zerener , Metin Şençimen , Özlem Martı Akgün , Hasan Ayberk Altuğ , Ali Fuat ÇİÇEK 3 1 Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Health Sciences, Gulhane Health Sciences Institute, Ankara, Turkey. 2 Dept. of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Gulhane Health Sciences Institute, Ankara, Turkey. 3 Dept. of Pathology, Gulhane Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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