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Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst Showing a Varied Epithelial Lining: An Additional Case with Implications for the Divergent Differentiation Capacity of the Cyst Epithelium

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Ide, F., Muramatsu, T., Miyazaki, Y. et al. Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst Showing a Varied Epithelial Lining: An Additional Case with Implications for the Divergent Differentiation Capacity of the Cyst Epithelium. Head and Neck Pathol 13, 251–254 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-018-0899-1

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