Unusual bevacizumab-related complication of an oral infection.

J Oral Maxillofac Surg

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saint-Luc University Hospital and Cancer Center, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

Published: January 2013

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