Asymptomatic Pigmented Lesions of the Gingiva.

JAMA Dermatol

Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Division of Dermatopathology, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia.

Published: October 2017

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