Septic arthritis of the temporomandibular joint after the removal of third molars

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 510-512

  Moses, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Lange, Claus R ^a   Arredondo, Antonio ^a  

^a Pacific Clinical Research Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0031971805     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2391(98)90725-X     Document Type: Article

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