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1 Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan
2 Professor, Department of Oral Pathology, Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan
3 Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan
4 United Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan
5 Associate Professor, Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for Girls, Karachi, Pakistan
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