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Tumour-Like Lesions

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Periodontal Manifestations of Local and Systemic Diseases

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The term “epulis” is applied to any lump arising from the gingiva. Epulides are localized gingival swellings and rarely true neoplasms, metastatic carcinomas or other tumours.

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  1. Medical School, University of Athens, 37 Ipsilandou Street, 10676, Athens, Greece

    George Laskaris MD, DDS, PhD (Head of Oral Medicine Clinic,“A. Sygros” Hospital Associate Professor of Oral Medicine Medical School)

  2. Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London, 256 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X8LD, UK

    Crispian Scully CBE, MD, PhD, MDS, MRCS, FDSRCS, FDSRCPS, FFDRCSI, FDSRCSE, FRCPath, FMedSci (Director)

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Laskaris, G., Scully, C. (2003). Tumour-Like Lesions. In: Periodontal Manifestations of Local and Systemic Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55596-1_30

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