Conservative treatment of unilateral condylar fractures in children: A long-term clinical and radiologic follow-up of 55 patients

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-98

  Strobl, Heinrich ^a   Emshoff, Rüdiger ^a,b   Röthler, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Höhenstraße 5   (Austria)

Author keywords

Condylar fracture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033116324     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0901-5027(99)80200-8     Document Type: Article

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