African Journal of
Oral Health Sciences

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SCHOOL OF DENTAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, KENYA
  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Oral Health Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1608-7232
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJOHS
  • Start Year: 2016
  • Published Articles: 8

Case Report

Debilitating lymphangiomatous macroglossia-case report

Guthua W, S1. Kamau W, M2.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Received: 10 July 2016
  •  Accepted: 18 November 2016
  •  Published: 31 December 2016

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