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Pigmented Lesion on the Hard Palate

Keshavamurthy Vinay, MD, DNB, FRCP (Lon.)
Apoorva Sharma, MD, DNB
Manavi Gupta, MD

American Family Physician. 2025;111(3):277-278.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

KESHAVAMURTHY VINAY, MD, DNB, FRCP (Lon.); Apoorva Sharma, MD, DNB; and Manavi Gupta, MD, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Address correspondence to Keshavamurthy Vinay at vinay.keshavmurthy@gmail.com.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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