A cephalometric comparative study of the soft tissue airway dimensions in persons with hyperdivergent and normodivergent facial patterns

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-139

  Joseph, Abu A ^a   Elbaum, Jeffrey ^a,b,c   Cisneros, George J ^a   Eisig, Sidney B ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

^c Department of Dentistry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE DEVELOPMENT; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OROPHARYNX; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SOFT TISSUE;

EID: 0031936587     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2391(98)90850-3     Document Type: Article

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