The human vomeronasal organ: Part IV. Incidence, topography, endoscopy, and ultrastructure of the nasopalatine recess, nasopalatine fossa, and vomeronasal organ

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 343-350

  Bhatnagar, Kunwar P ^a   Smith, Timothy D ^a   Winstead, Welby ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; NASAL BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE SEPTUM; TOPOGRAPHY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0036871246     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240201600611     Document Type: Article

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