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Incidence and histology of human accessory parotid glands.
The Anatomical record - 1 Jul 1993
Toh H, Kodama J, Fukuda J, Rittman B, Mackenzie I
Abstract excerpt
The parotid glands of 228 Japanese human cadavers were examined to determine the incidence and histological features of accessory parotid glands. The incidence was found to be 56% with no differences between right and left sides or between sexes. Thirty parotid glands and their associated accessory glands were examined histologically: eight of these accessory glands were found to be mixed secretory glands (i.e.,...
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