Masseter muscle volume measured using ultrasonography and its relationship with facial morphology

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 659-670

  Benington, Philip C M ^a   Gardener, John E ^a   Hunt, Nigel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033254942     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/21.6.659     Document Type: Article

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