Pyramidal molar roots and canine-like dental morphologic features in multiple family members a case report

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 411-416

  Nguyen, Anne Marie H ^a,b   Tiffee, John C ^a   Arnold, Ralph M ^a,c  

^a Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOMINANT GENE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH MALFORMATION; TOOTH ROOT;

ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MALE; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 0030253335     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(96)80306-4     Document Type: Article

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