Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 67, Issue 5 , Pages 1015-1020 , May 2009

Factors Related to Delay in Diagnosis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  • Wei Gao, MM

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Outpatient Dental Center
    • ,
  • Chuan-Bin Guo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Guo: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School & Hospital of Stomatology, 22 South St, Zhong Guan Cun, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China

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 Received from Peking University School & Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

PII: S0278-2391(09)00030-5

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.12.022

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 67, Issue 5 , Pages 1015-1020 , May 2009

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