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  1. William Osler Health Centre, 974 Eglinton Ave W., Toronto, ON, Canada

    Miriam Grushka MSC, DDS, PhD

  2. Norman Bethune College of Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China

    Miriam Grushka MSC, DDS, PhD & Nan Su BSc, MBBS

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  2. Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Edina, Minnesota, USA

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  3. Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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Grushka, M., Su, N. (2017). Burning Mouth Syndrome. In: Ferreira, J., Fricton, J., Rhodus, N. (eds) Orofacial Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51508-3_20

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