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Unexplained Trismus: Parasitic Infection?

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Maulana Azad Medical College Complex, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi, 110002, India

    Zainab Chaudhary, Sujata Mohanty, Pankaj Sharma, Sanchaita Kohli & Anjali Verma

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Chaudhary, Z., Mohanty, S., Sharma, P. et al. Unexplained Trismus: Parasitic Infection?. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 17, 449–452 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-017-1065-0

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