Congenital Lingual Melanotic Macule Rare entity in infants
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2015, Vol 15, Issue 3
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Authors and Affiliations
Chetan Kumar| Department of Pediatrics, Madras Institute of Orthopaedics & Traumatology in Chennai, India, Deepak Sharma| Department of Neonatology, Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad, India, Aakash Pandita| Department of Neonatology, Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad, India, Sweta Shastri| Department of Pathology, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
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