Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 11 , Pages 2181-2186 , November 2007

Oral Malignant Melanoma: The Amsterdam Experience

  • Marco Meleti, DDS

      Affiliations

    • PhD Student, Unit of Oral Pathology and Medicine, Section of Odontostomatology, Department of ENT/Dental/Ophthalmological and Cervico-Facial Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy; and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, Vrije University Medical Center/Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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  • C. René Leemans, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Department Head, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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  • Wolter J. Mooi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Pathology, Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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  • Isaäc van der Waal, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Department Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, Vrije University Medical Center/Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr van der Waal: VUmc/ACTA, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.10.044

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 11 , Pages 2181-2186 , November 2007

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