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Original Article

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of epidermal growth factor receptor expression in pericoronal follicles in predicting proliferative potential

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Pages 770-775 | Received 06 Dec 2013, Accepted 10 Mar 2014, Published online: 21 May 2014

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