Masseter muscle thickness in growing individuals and its relation to facial morphology

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-332

  Raadsheer, M C ^a   Kiliaridis, S ^b   Van Eijden, T M G J ^a   Van Ginkel, F C ^a   Prahl Andersen, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Facial morphology; Masseter; Muscle growth; Muscle thickness; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0030116837     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-9969(95)00136-0     Document Type: Article

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