Calcification of the branches of the external carotid artery detected by panoramic radiography: A case report

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 636-640

  Suarez Cunqueiro, Maria M ^a   Duker, Jürgen ^a   Liebehenschel, Niels ^a   Schön, Ralf ^a   Schmelzeisen, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CASE REPORT; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FACE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TONGUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; FACE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; TONGUE;

EID: 0036835833     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2002.127165     Document Type: Article

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