Palatal dimensions and some inherited factors (body height and metacarpal index)

Swedish Dental Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 141-149

  Westling, Lilian ^a,b   Mohlin, Bengt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body stature; Crowded teeth; High palate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FINGER; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MARFAN SYNDROME; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; METACARPAL BONE; MOUTH BREATHING; PALATE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUCKING; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MARFAN SYNDROME; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; METACARPUS; MOUTH BREATHING; PALATE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030330813     PISSN: 03479994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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