The pneumatic spaces of the temporal bone: Relationship to the temporomandibular joint

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-72

  Groell, R ^b   Fleischmann, B ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Temporal bone; Temporomandibular joint; Tomography, x ray computed

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL BASE; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; ZYGOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMANS; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SKULL BASE; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGOMA;

EID: 0033092029     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600414     Document Type: Article

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