Utility of square-wave gratings to assess perioral spatial acuity

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 593-601

  Patel, Jineshkumar ^a   Essick, Greg K ^b   Kelly, Douglas G ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 0030992834     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2391(97)90491-2     Document Type: Article

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