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Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease Volume 8, 1995 - Issue 4
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Original Article

A Preliminary Study of the 'Streptococcus milleri' Group and Prevotella in Orofacial Infection

M. J. Wilson Department of Oral Surgery, Medicine and Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, CF4 3 XN, UK
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M. A. O. Lewis Department of Oral Surgery, Medicine and Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, CF4 3 XN, UK
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P. A. Bishop Department of Oral Surgery, Medicine and Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, CF4 3 XN, UK
Pages 171-174 | Received 23 Jan 1995, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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