Sutural bone frequency in synostotic rabbit crania

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 555-563

  Burrows, Annie M ^a,c   Caruso, Kelly A ^a   Mooney, Mark P ^a   Smith, Tim D ^a,c   Losken, H Wolfgang ^a,b   Siegel, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

artificial cranial deformation; craniosynostosis; skeletal biology; sutural bones

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALVARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SKULL SUTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; INCIDENCE; RABBITS; SKULL; SYNOSTOSIS;

EID: 0030978564     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199704)102:4<555::AID-AJPA9>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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