The genu of the submandibular duct - Is the angle significant in salivary gland disease?

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-18

  Drage, N A ^a   Wilson, R F ^a   McGurk, M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Calculi; Sialography; Submandibular duct

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENU ANGLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHANTOM; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SIALOADENITIS; SIALOGRAPHY; SIALOLITHIASIS; SUBMANDIBULAR DUCT; SUBMANDIBULAR DUCT ANGLE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVARY GLAND DUCT;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVARY DUCTS; SALIVARY GLAND CALCULI; SIALADENITIS; SIALOGRAPHY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND DISEASES;

EID: 0036365358     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600653     Document Type: Article

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