Condylar asymmetry and handedness in patients with temporomandibular disorders

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 549-551

  Miller, V J ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTITION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DENTITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 0031183719     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1997.tb00372.x     Document Type: Article

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