British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages e9-e11 , July 2011

A brain abscess following dental extractions in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

  • P. Corre

      Affiliations

    • Clinique de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale et de Stomatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Clinique de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale et de Stomatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, 1 place Alexis Ricordeau, 44093 Nantes, France. Tel.: +33 06 84 82 21 71; fax: +33 02 40 08 36 68.
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  • C. Perret

      Affiliations

    • Service de radiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, France
    • ,
  • B. Isidor

      Affiliations

    • Service de Génétique médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, France
    • ,
  • R.H. Khonsari

      Affiliations

    • Clinique de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale et de Stomatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, France

,Accepted 23 July 2010.

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PII: S0266-4356(10)00235-4

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2010.07.014

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages e9-e11 , July 2011

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