Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 96-101 , January 2010

Lip and oral mucosal lesions in 100 renal transplant recipients

Presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, San Francisco, March 3-7, 2006.

  • A. Tülin Güleç, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: A. Tülin Güleç, MD, Department of Dermatology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, 5. sokak, No: 48, 06490, Bahçelievler/Ankara, Turkey.
    • ,
  • Mehmet Haberal, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

,Accepted 1 June 2009.

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 Funding sources: None.

 Conflicts of interest: None declared.

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PII: S0190-9622(09)00697-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.06.022

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 96-101 , January 2010

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