Whiplash injuries of the temporomandibular joint in motor vehicle accidents: Speculations and facts

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 731-746

  Mckay, D C ^a   Christensen, L V ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ARTHRITIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; DISEASE COURSE; DISLOCATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNOVITIS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ARTHRITIS; BIOPHYSICS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISLOCATIONS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FACIAL PAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISK; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0032176709     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.1998.00321.x     Document Type: Review

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