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Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 478468
doi:10.3814/2009/478468
Research Article

Histologic Effects of Bilateral Adrenalectomy under the Light Microscopy on Rat Mandibular Condyle

1Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Dicle University, 21280 Diyarbakır, Turkey
2Department of Histology-Embriology, Faculty of Medical Veterinary, Dicle University, 21280 Diyarbakır, Turkey
  • Received 2008-07-25
  • Accepted 2009-04-13

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