Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 24, Issue 8 , Pages 415-421 , August 2008

Peripheral Odontogenic Fibroma in a Taiwan Chinese Population: A Retrospective Analysis

  • Chun-Tzu Lin

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Endodontics and Operative Dentistry, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • The first and second authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Fu-Hsiung Chuang

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Endodontics and Operative Dentistry, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • The first and second authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Jeng-Huey Chen

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Endodontics and Operative Dentistry, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Ming Chen

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yuk-Kwan Chen

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Oral Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Yuk-Kwan Chen, Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

Received 16 November 2007 ,Accepted 29 January 2008.

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PII: S1607-551X(08)70165-7

doi: 10.1016/S1607-551X(08)70165-7

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 24, Issue 8 , Pages 415-421 , August 2008

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